Ventricular enlargement after moderate or severe head injury: A frequent and neglected problem

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1303-1310

  Poca, María A ^a   Sahuquillo, Juan ^a   Mataró, María ^a,b   Benejam, Bessy ^a   Arikan, Fuat ^a   Báguena, Marcelino ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Head injury; Incidence; Outcome; Post traumatic hydrocephalus; Ventricular dilation; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANIMETRY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28244470707     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2005.22.1303     Document Type: Article

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