The significance of post-traumatic amnesia as a risk factor in the development of olfactory dysfunction following head injury

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 618-621

  Swann, Ian J ^a   Bauza Rodriguez, B ^a   Currans, R ^b   Riley, J ^c   Shukla, V ^d  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMELLING DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMNESIA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748068443     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.029017     Document Type: Article

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