Epidural hematoma in infants: A different entity?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 306-311

  Beni Adani, Liana ^a   Flores, Ivan ^a   Spektor, Sergei ^a   Umansky, Felix ^a   Constantini, Shlomi ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

CT; EDH; GCS; Head trauma; Infants; Score

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032995131     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199902000-00018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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