Pure subdural hematomas: A postmortem analysis of their form and bleeding points

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 503-509

  Maxeiner, Helmut ^a   Wolff, Michael ^a   Kelly, Daniel F ^b   Wilberger, Jack E ^b   Marion, Donald W ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bridging vein ruptures; Cortical arteries; Forensic pathology; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THICKNESS; VEIN RUPTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE;

EID: 0036523931     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200203000-00013     Document Type: Article

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