Intussusception in children seen at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 439-442

  Carneiro, P M R ^a   Kisusi, D M ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; TANZANIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

EID: 16644393864     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i9.9217     Document Type: Review

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