Mild closed head injury in children and adolescents

SAGGI - Child Development and Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 49-56

  Murgio, A ^a   Herrera, E J ^b   Mutluer, S ^c   Fong, D ^d  

^a ISHIP Group   (Italy)

^b Hospital Infantil Municipal de Cordoba   (Argentina)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; CT scan; Traumatic Brain Injury

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SKULL FRACTURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 2442498231     PISSN: 03905179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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