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Troubling Toys: Rare-Earth Magnet Ingestion in Children Causing Bowel Perforations

Ingestion of foreign bodies in the pediatric population is common and magnet ingestion is known to cause a significant morbidity. Rare-earth magnets are small 3–6 mm diameter spherical powerful magnets that are sold as popular desk toys for adults and were previously found in construction toys in at...

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Autores principales: Mandhan, Parkash, Alsalihi, Muthana, Mammoo, Saleem, Ali, Mansour J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24876984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/908730