The Correlation between Skull Fractures and Intracranial Lesions Due to Traffic Accidents

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-345

  Yavuz, M Sunay ^a   Asirdizer, Mahmut ^b   Cetin, Gursel ^c,f   Balci, Yasemin Günay ^d   Altinkok, Muzaffer ^e  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Department of Forensic Radiology ^*  (Turkey)

^f Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Correlation; Intracranial lesions; Skull fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL BONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0344012609     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000103011.14578.c3     Document Type: Article

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