Coma and confusional states: Emergency diagnosis and management

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-256

  Feske, S K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMA; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031978795     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70063-3     Document Type: Article

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