Inflicted childhood neurotrauma: New insight into the detection, pathobiology, prevention, and treatment of our youngest patients with traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Kochanek, Patrick M ^a   Berger, Rachel P ^b   Margulies, Susan S ^c   Jenkins, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 33846799497     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0209     Document Type: Editorial

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