Longstanding retained foreign bodies in the cranium: A short case report

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 182-184

  Boodhoo, H ^a   Nadvi, S S ^a   Nathoo, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FOREIGN BODIES; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035401097     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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