Penetrating craniocerebral injuries in a civilian population in mid-Europe

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Vajkoczy, Peter ^a   Schürer, Ludwig ^a   Münch, Elke ^a   Schmiedek, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gunshot wound; Head injury; Outcome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344117674     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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