Computerized tomography and prognosis in paediatric head injury

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 543-548

  Tomberg, T ^a,b   Rink, U ^a   Pikkoja, E ^a   Tikk, A ^a  

^a TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Outcome; Paediatric head injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENCHYMA; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029994138     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411174     Document Type: Article

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