Diffuse axonal injury in a rugby player

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-72

  Raisanen, J ^a,b   Ghougassian, D F ^a   Moskvitch, M ^a   Lawrence, C ^a  

^a NSW Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Diffuse axonal injury; Football; Rugby; Sports

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PONS; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; FOOTBALL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE;

EID: 0032932697     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199903000-00017     Document Type: Article

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