Significance of a subdural hematoma in a child with external hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-59

  Pittman, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CALCULATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; JAPAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROCEPHALY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037633727     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071315     Document Type: Editorial

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