Minor head trauma: Is computed tomography always necessary?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-294

  Miller, E C ^a   Derlet, R W ^a   Kinser, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; VOMITING;

EID: 0029983134     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70261-5     Document Type: Article

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