Value of morphological parameters for grading of brain swelling

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-225

  Hausmann, R ^a   Vogel, C ^b   Seidl, S ^a   Betz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain swelling; Cerebral edema; Grading; Morphological signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33745187809     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0021-6     Document Type: Article

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