Predictive indices in traumatic intracranial haematomas

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-12

  Igun, G O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034341393     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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