Trichobezoar in a child with concomitant coeliac disease: A case report

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-279

  Larsson, L T ^a   Nivenius, K ^a   Wettrell, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Pica; Rapunzel syndrome; Trichobezoar

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TRICHOBEZOAR;

EID: 1242314849     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310007943     Document Type: Article

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