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Esophageal edema as a predictor of unsuccessful balloon extraction of esophageal foreign body

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  1. R. Towbin

    Present address: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd., 48201, Detroit, MI, USA

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    R. Towbin, H. M. Lederman, J. S. Dunbar, W. S. Ball & J. L. Strife

  2. the Department of Radiology and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    R. Towbin, H. M. Lederman, J. S. Dunbar, W. S. Ball & J. L. Strife

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Towbin, R., Lederman, H.M., Dunbar, J.S. et al. Esophageal edema as a predictor of unsuccessful balloon extraction of esophageal foreign body. Pediatr Radiol 19, 359–360 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387625

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