Cylindrical battery ingested by a 1-year-old baby – does the voltage matter?

Endoscopy 2014; 46(S 01): E543-E544
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1377772

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Jiri Cyrany

¹2nd Department of Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

²Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Jan Melek

²Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

³Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Petr Dedek

²Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

³Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Jan Toms

¹2nd Department of Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

²Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Stanislav Rejchrt

¹2nd Department of Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

²Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

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