Brain injury in a healthy child one year after periureteral injection of Teflon

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 290-

  Borgatti, Renato ^a,b   Tettamanti, Alberto ^b   Piccinelli, Paolo ^c  

^a La Nostra Famiglia   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 9344235990     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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