Gastrointestinal perforation in children due to blunt abdominal trauma in Hazara, Northern Pakistan

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-170

  Zafar, Arshad ^a   Orakzai, Nasir ^a   Ghafoor, Aamir ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a  

^a AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037709303     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300318     Document Type: Article

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