An overview of civilian brain wounds from bullets: 1963-1996

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-41

  Carey, Michael E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain wounding; Gunshot wounds; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CENTER; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0034103216     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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