Pourfour du Petit syndrome: A case following a traffic accident with severe cranioencephalic trauma

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1090-1092

  Avellanal, M ^a   Fernandez Quero L ^a   Barrios, J M ^a   Sanchez P ^a   Navia, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fracture of the clavicle; Head injury; Mydriasis; Pourfour du Petit syndrome; Sympathetic chain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETIOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MYDRIASIS; POURFOUR DU PETIT SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029824483     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01699233     Document Type: Article

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