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Gummi bear bezoar: a case report.

M M Barron·P Steerman
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Abstract

Bezoars in children are rare. Bezoars causing intestinal obstruction are even more unusual. We would like to report the first Gummi Bear Bezoar causing a large bowel obstruction in a child.

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M M Barron, P Steerman. Gummi bear bezoar: a case report.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(89)90259-x

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