Posttraumatic tension pneumocephalus

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-84

  Zasler, Nathan D ^a,b  

^a Tree of Life LLC   (United States)

^b Med Psychol Rehab Neuropsychol   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Headache; Pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; DYSMETRIA; FACE FRACTURE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

EID: 0032977629     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-199902000-00009     Document Type: Article

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