Chronic ingestion of a zinc-based penny

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 689-691

  Bothwell, Dawn N ^b   Mair, Eric A ^a,b   Cable, Benjamin B ^c  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STEROID; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTOXICATION; MALAISE; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COPPER; ESOPHAGUS; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PICA; ZINC;

EID: 0344406122     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.3.689     Document Type: Article

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