Paediatric intussusception in Calabar, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-21

  Archibong, A E ^a   Usoro, I N ^a   Ikpi, E ^a   Inyang, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEAL DISEASES; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035636403     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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