A case of rhinolithiasis in Botswana: A mineralogical, microscopic and chemical study

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1036-1040

  Vink, Bernard W ^a   Van Hasselt, Piet ^b   Wormald, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b Bamalete Lutheran Hospital   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Foreign Body; Mineral Fibres; Nose

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; IRON OXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BOTSWANA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POROSITY; RHINOLITHIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CALCULI; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MINERALS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NOSE; NOSE DISEASES; STEARIC ACIDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 18744406971     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221502761698793     Document Type: Article

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