The results of caustic ingestions

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 59, 2004, Pages 1397-1400

  Ertekin, Cemalettin ^a,c   Alimoglu, Orhan ^b   Akyildiz, Hizir ^a   Guloglu, Recep ^a   Taviloglu, Korhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VAKIF GUREBA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid; Alkaline; Burn; Caustic ingestion; Endoscopy; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; CAUSTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM INJURY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH PERFORATION; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3343021902     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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