Lightning injury as a blast injury of skull, brain, and visceral lesions: Clinical and experimental evidences

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 257-262

  Ohashi, Masajiro ^b   Hosoda, Yasuhiro ^a   Fujishiro, Yasuo ^b   Tuyuki, Akira ^b   Kikuchi, Kiyoshi ^b   Obara, Hideaki ^b   Kitagawa, Nobuichiro ^c   Ishikawa, Tomoe ^d  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

^c Ctrl Lightning Protect Co Inc   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Lightning injury; Organ haemorrhage; Organ rupture; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLEEDING; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRIC INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; RUPTURE; SKULL; WISTAR RAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUPTURE; SKULL;

EID: 0035751116     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.50.257     Document Type: Article

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