Brain abscess following esophageal dilatation

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-147

  Thapar, V K ^a   Rajashekharam, S ^a   Bapat, R D ^a   Kantharia, C V ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSTOMY; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0043065532     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2003.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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