International multicenter study of head injury in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 318-321

  Murgio, A ^a   Andrade, F A ^a   Sanchez Munoz M A ^a   Boetto, S ^a   Leung, K M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Children; Head injury; Skull X rays

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARGENTINA; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032808931     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050401     Document Type: Article

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