Somatosensory evoked potentials in children with severe head trauma

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 417-420

  Schalamon, Johannes ^a   Singer, Georg ^a   Kurschel, Senta ^a   Höllwarth, Michael E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Head trauma; Prognosis; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21644464986     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1656-5     Document Type: Article

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