An unusual case of impacted esophageal foreign body

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-203

  Al Odaidan, Nabil ^a,d   Amu, Ohikuaiteme D ^b   Fahmy, Mustafa ^b   Al Khalifa, Hisham ^a   Ghazal, Sameeh S ^c  

^a King Khaled Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Khaled General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Sulaimania Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Foreign body; Neonatal neglect

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD ABUSE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034139854     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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