Penetrating head injury caused by chopstick - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-335

  Kawamura, Shingo ^a   Hadeishi, Hiromu ^a   Sasaguchi, Nobuo ^a   Suzuki, Akifumi ^a   Yasui, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid fistula; infant; meningitis; penetrating head injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030907091     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.37.332     Document Type: Article

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