Principles for managing penetrating craniocerebral injuries caused by firearm missiles

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-233

  Zhang, Xiang ^a   Yi, Sheng Yu ^a   Liu, Wei Ping ^a   Zhang, Zhi Wen ^a   Wang, Li Gen ^a   Li, An Min ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral injury; Firearm wounds; Head injury; Management; Penetrating injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003948326     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(96)90055-7     Document Type: Article

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