An unexpected finding in an eight-year-old child with cerebral palsy and weight loss

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-283

  Smith, Bradley J ^a,b   Bachrach, Steven J ^a,b  

^a Nemours Children's Clinic ^*

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aicardi syndrome; Bezoar; Cerebral palsy; Lactobezoar; Neurology; Weight concerns

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; LACTOBEZOAR; OXCARBAZEPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

AICARDI SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BARIUM MEAL; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH TUBE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BEZOARS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; SEIZURES; STOMACH; SYNDROME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 31944439573     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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