Fish bone as a foreign body

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 568-569

  Kumar, Manoj ^a,b   Joseph, George ^a   Kumar, Seena ^a   Clayton, Malcolm ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish Products; Foreign Bodies; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; FISH; FISH BONE; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SEA FOOD; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FISHES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; PHARYNX;

EID: 0038677439     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221503322113058     Document Type: Article

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