Non-fatal rupture of a cocaine packet in a man with the body-packer syndrome;Niet-fatale ruptuur van een cocaïnebolletje bij een man met 'bodypacker'-syndroom

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 146, Issue 47, 2002, Pages 2246-2250

  Haveman, J W ^a   Sonneveld, D J A ^a   Uges, D R A ^a   Delwig, H ^a   Zijlstra, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES IMPACTION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; COCAINE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG PACKAGING; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 0037164378     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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