False-positive abdominal radiography in a body packer resulting from intraabdominal calcifications [6]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 607-608

  Traub, Stephen J ^a   Hoffman, Robert S ^a   Nelson, Lewis S ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTESTINE LAVAGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344305548     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(03)00170-0     Document Type: Article

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