Ingested magnets: The force within

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 466-467

  Tay, Ee Tein ^a   Weinberg, Gerard ^a   Levin, Terry L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Intestinal obstruction; Magnet ingestion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAGNET; MALE; MORBIDITY; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETICS; MALE; PRESSURE; VOMITING;

EID: 3242676868     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000134926.03030.a7     Document Type: Article

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