Clinical Predictors of Severe Head Trauma in Children

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 1045-1047

  Hennes, Halim ^a   Lee, Martha ^a   Smith, Douglas ^a   Sty, John R ^a   Losek, Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0023786420     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1988.02150100039021     Document Type: Article

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