A bolt from the blue: Lightning strike to the head

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 683-686

  Cherington, Michael ^a   Krider, E Philip ^a,b   Yarnell, Philip R ^a   Breed, Daniel W ^a,c  

^a St Anthony Central Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; CYCLING; ELECTRIC INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030940440     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.3.683     Document Type: Article

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