Management of minor closed head injury

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 108-115

  Stein, Sherman C ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial computed tomography; Head injury; Intracranial hematoma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029968429     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-199606000-00004     Document Type: Review

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