Caustic gastroesophageal lesions in childhood: An analysis of 473 cases

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 435-438

  Doǧan, Yaşar ^a   Erkan, Tülay ^a   Çokuǧraş, Fügen Çullu ^a   Kutlu, Tufan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; CAUSTIC AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH;

EID: 33747479913     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806289618     Document Type: Article

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