Age and outcome after severe head injury

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 373-381

  Gomez P A ^a   Lobato, R D ^a   Boto, G R ^a   De La Lama, A ^a   Gonzalez P J ^a   De La Cruz, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Logistic regression; Prognosis; Severe head injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034034896     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050445     Document Type: Article

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