Multiple Magnetic Foreign Bodies Causing Severe Digestive Tract Injuries in a Child
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Multiple Magnetic Foreign Bodies Causing Severe Digestive Tract Injuries in a Child
Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common emergency as well as a major cause of accidental injury and represents a severe public health problem in childhood, especially in infants. Most cases of FB ingestion reported in children aged between 6 months and 3 years depend primarily on the fact that young children are more likely to explore objects using their mouth and are not able to distinguish ed...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastroenterology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000450538