An unusual primary blast injury. Traumatic brain injury due to primary blast injury

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-98

  Yilmaz, Serkan ^a   Pekdemir, Murat ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845229640     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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