The esophageal coin: Is it a penny?

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-420

  Cantu Jr , Santos ^a   Conners, Gregory P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 655 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; BAYES THEOREM; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; LEISURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NUMISMATICS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0036583350     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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