Neurological deterioration following head injury: The eyes had it

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-205

  Flaherty, M P ^a,b   O'Flaherty, S J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chorioretinitis; Cortical blindness; Focal pigmentary retinopathy; Head injury; Retinal pigment epithelial disturbance; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031919002     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1998.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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