Radiologic Evaluation in Patients with Head Injury

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 226-232

  Brisman, Michael H ^a   Camins, Martin B ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CT scan; Head injury; Radiology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031131803     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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