High-risk mild head injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 234-238

  Hsiang, John N K ^a,b   Yeung, Theresa ^a   Yu, Ashley L M ^a   Poon, Wai S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Glasgow Coma Scale score; High risk mild head injury; Outcome; Radiographic finding; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030742590     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.2.0234     Document Type: Article

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