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Revisiting Swallowed Troubles: Intestinal Complications Caused by Two Magnets—A Case Report, Review and Proposed Revision to the Algorithm for the Management of Foreign Body Ingestion

Viju Vijaysadan, Maria Perez and David Kuo
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2006, 19 (5) 511-516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.5.511
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2006, 19 (5) 511-516; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.5.511
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