Improvement in the information content of the Glasgow Coma Scale for the prediction of full cognitive recovery after head injury using fuzzy logic

Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-253

  Amin, Amit P ^a   Kulkarni, Hemant R ^a,b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Opp Ajni Railway Station   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; EYE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 0034087632     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2000.104296     Document Type: Article

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