Neurologic manifestations of lightning strikes

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-185

  Cherington, Michael ^a  

^a St Anthony Central Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRIC INJURY; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0037469221     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000033801.15204.B5     Document Type: Review

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