Hemicraniectomy in a patient with acute encephalitis of unknown cause;Dekomprimerende kraniektomi ved akutt encefalitt

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1208-1209

  Næss, Halvor ^a   Moen, Gunnar ^a   Mahesparan, Rupavathana ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CRANIECTOMY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646349517     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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