Pattern of injury and clinical prognosis of penetrating craniocerebral trauma from gunshot wounds;Verletzungsmuster und klinische prognose penetrierender schädelhirntraumen durch schusswaffen

Rechtsmedizin

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-23

  Giese, A ^a   Koops, E ^a   Lohmann, F ^a   Nehlsen, M ^a   Puschel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS Trauma; Gunshot; Head injury; Missile injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036943620     PISSN: 09379819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00194-002-0132-z     Document Type: Article

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