Traumatic brain stem lesions in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-24

  Eder, Hans G ^a   Legat, Josef A ^a   Gruber, Wilfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Glasgow Coma Scale; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Prognosis; Traumatic brain stem lesions

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034010236     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050005     Document Type: Article

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