The growing skull fracture, a rare complication of paediatric head injury

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 556-557

  Zegers, Bas ^a   Jira, Petr ^a   Willemsen, Michel ^a   Grotenhuis, Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FRACTURE; GROWING SKULL FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0041846882     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1256-1     Document Type: Article

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