The management of minor closed head injury in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1407-1415

  Bergman, D A ^a   Baltz, R D ^a   Cooley, J R ^a   Coombs, J B ^a   Goldberg, M J ^a   Homer, C J ^a   Miles, P V ^a   Nazarian, L F ^a   Riemenschneider, T A ^a   Roberts, K B ^a   Shea, D W ^a   Zurhellen, W M ^a   Scherger, J E ^a   Roberts, R G ^a   Hendrickson, R M ^a   Hueston, W J ^a   Spann, S J ^a   Gilbert, T ^a   Ganiats, T G ^a   Phillips, W R ^a   Zimmerman, R K ^a   Green, L A ^a   Rodnick, J E ^a   Yawn, B P ^a   Barrett, L L ^a   Jones, E G ^a   Clark, T A ^a   Black, R R ^a   Mabry, L R ^a   Young, H F ^a   Bell, H S ^a   more..

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032760391     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.6.1407     Document Type: Article

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