Predictors of intracranial pathologic findings in patients who seek emergency care because of headache

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1506-1509

  Ramirez Lassepas, Manuel ^a,b,d   Espinosa, Carlos E ^a   Cicero, James J ^a   Johnston, Kathleen L ^a   Cipolle, Robert J ^c   Barber, Donald L ^c  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030770996     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550240058013     Document Type: Article

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