Skull fracture as a herald of intracranial abnormality in children with mild head injury: Is there a role for skull radiographs?

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-385

  Andronikou, Savvas ^a,b   Kilborn, Tracy ^a   Patel, Maya ^a   Fieggen, Antony Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Extradural haemorrhage; Skull fracture; Skull X ray; Subdural haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0347091980     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2003.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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