Right thalamic hemorrhage resulting from high-voltage electrical injury: A case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-136

  Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a,b   Yuca, Sevil Ari ^a   Demirtas, Ismail ^a   Odabas, Dursun ^a   Cesur, Yasar ^a   Demirok, Ahmet ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burn; Cataract; Electrical injury; Thalamic hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DECORTICATION; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STUPOR; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TENDON REFLEX; THALAMUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 1242294544     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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