CT findings in head scans at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 275-277

  Elias, G D O ^a  

^a MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KENYA; MORBIDITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032590108     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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