We read with interest the letter of Dr Contini et al regarding a large experience of caustic ingestion in children carried out in Sierra Leone that reported important and unique information on the outcome of caustic soda ingestion in one of the poorest developing countries and confirming our finding that asymptomatic patients do not develop severe esophageal sequelae.

Response to: Caustic ingestion in children: is endoscopyalways indicated? A perspective from a SierraLeone experience

BETALLI, PIETRO;GIULIANI, STEFANO;GAMBA, PIERGIORGIO;BALDO, VINCENZO
2009

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We read with interest the letter of Dr Contini et al regarding a large experience of caustic ingestion in children carried out in Sierra Leone that reported important and unique information on the outcome of caustic soda ingestion in one of the poorest developing countries and confirming our finding that asymptomatic patients do not develop severe esophageal sequelae.
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