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Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Caustic Ingestion

Michael Lupa, Jacqueline Magne, J. Lindhe Guarisco and Ronald Amedee
Ochsner Journal June 2009, 9 (2) 54-59;
Michael Lupa
*Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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Jacqueline Magne
†Tulane University School of Medicine
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J. Lindhe Guarisco
‡Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Ronald Amedee
‡Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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