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Foreign Bodies

Known as: Bodies, Foreign, foreign materials, Object, Foreign 
An occurrence where any object originating inside or outside the body is not in it's physiological or intended location. For example, a tooth or bone… 
National Institutes of Health

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26 relations
CDISC SEND Non-Neoplastic Finding Type TerminologyChokingClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyFirst Aid

Narrower (9)

Colonic foreign bodyForeign Body in StomachGossypibomaRetained Surgical Items

Broader (1)

Disease as reason for upper g.i. examination

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Protective and pathogenic functions of macrophage subsets
Macrophages are strategically located throughout the body tissues, where they ingest and process foreign materials, dead cells… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms.
Review
2008
Review
2008
Foreign body reaction to biomaterials.
Review
2004
Review
2004
Wound healing: an overview of acute, fibrotic and delayed healing.
Acute wounds normally heal in a very orderly and efficient manner characterized by four distinct, but overlapping phases… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Silk-based biomaterials.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Does Foreign Direct Investment Accelerate Economic Growth?
This paper uses new statistical techniques and two new databases to reassess the relationship between economic growth and FDI… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Neutrophil-activating peptide-1/interleukin 8, a novel cytokine that activates neutrophils.
Introduction Neutrophil accumulation in a tissue is characteristic of inflammation and is observed in a variety of pathological… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Pathogenesis of foreign body infection: description and characteristics of an animal model.
An animal model involving the subcutaneous implantation of tissue cages into guinea pigs and subsequent infection with… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Foreign body in the oesophagus: Review of 2394 cases
A total of 2394 patients with a foreign body in the oesophagus was treated in our unit between 1965 and 1976, including 343… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
The Birth of the Clinic
1. Spaces and Classes 2. A Political Consciousness 3. The Free Field 4. The Old Age of the Clinic 5. The Lesson of the Hospitals… 
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