Multiple magnet ingestion as a source of severe gastrointestinal complications requiring surgical intervention

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-125

  Dutta, Sanjeev ^a   Barzin, Ario ^a  

^a LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INGESTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNET; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VITAL SIGN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; MALE; NECROSIS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 39049086374     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2007.35     Document Type: Article

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