Delayed onset of retrobulbar haemorrhage following severe head injury: A case report and review

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-141

  Ghufoor, Khalid ^a,b   Sandhu, Gurpreet ^a   Sutcliffe, John ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; ORBIT FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0032030259     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00129-0     Document Type: Article

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