Early magnetic resonance imaging of brainstem lesions after severe head injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 707-712

  Firsching, Raimund ^a   Woischneck, Dieter ^a   Diedrich, Michael ^a   Klein, Susan ^a   Rückert, Andreas ^a   Wittig, Holger ^a   Döhring, Wilfried ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem injury; Head injury; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHILD; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 0031733488     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.5.0707     Document Type: Article

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