Duodenal perforation: A diagnostic pitfall in non-accidental injury

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 432-433

  Champion, M P ^a   Richards, C A ^b   Boddy, S A ^c   Ward, H C ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM PERFORATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036829417     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.5.432     Document Type: Article

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