The Prognostic Value of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Traumatic Primary and Secondary Brain Stem Lesions

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Christophis, Petros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem lesion; Head injury; Prognosis; SSEP; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442276330     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-44885     Document Type: Article

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