Civilian gunshot wounds to the brain

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 126-130

  Tsuei, Yuang Seng ^b   Sun, Ming His ^b   Lee, Hsu Dung ^b   Chiang, Ming Zer ^b   Leu, Ching Hsiang ^a   Cheng, Wen Yu ^b   Shen, Chiung Chyi ^b  

^a Kaohsiung Armed Force General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cranio cerebral gunshot wound; Glasgow coma scale; Glasgow outcome score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TAIWAN; ARTICLE; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 16844371359     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70233-3     Document Type: Article

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