Radiological and clinical criteria for the management of epidural hematomas in children?

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 302-308

  Bejjani, Ghassan K ^a   Donahue, David J ^b   Rasin, Jerome ^c   Broemeling, Lyle D ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural hematoma; Head injury; Neuroradiology; Pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030417712     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121144     Document Type: Article

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