False positive diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage on computed tomography scan

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 382-386

  Opeskin, Kenneth ^a   Silberstein, M ^b  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain death; CT scan; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007198767     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90266-1     Document Type: Article

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