Severe vaginal ulcerations secondary to insertion of an alkaline battery

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 410-412

  Yanoh, Kenji ^a   Yonemura, Yukio ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL ULCER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; VAGINA;

EID: 13844252082     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000068993.90723.46     Document Type: Article

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