Spectrum of general surgical problems in the developmentally disabled adults

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-75

  Khalid, Kamran ^a   Al Salamah, Saleh M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEPRAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON VOLVULUS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PICA; PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGERY;

EID: 32044459323     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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