CT scan findings in mild head trauma: A series of 2,000 patients

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 2 A, 2002, Pages 204-210

  Bordignon, Kelly C ^a   Arruda, Walter Oleschko ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGIA DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Computed tomography; Epidemiology; Head trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036595223     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2002000200004     Document Type: Article

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