Aluminum foreign bodies: do they show up on x-ray?

Jonathan H. Valente1,2, Thomas Lemke1, Mark S. Ridlen3, Dale Ritter4, Brian Clyne1, Steven E. Reinert5
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, USA
2Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA
3Department of Radiology, Brown Medical School, Providence, USA
4Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown Medical School, Providence, USA
5Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA

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