Early hypodensity on computed tomographic scan of the brain in an accidental pediatric head injury

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 689-694

  Steinbok, Paul ^a,b   Singhal, Ashutosh ^a   Poskitt, Ken ^a   Cochrane, D Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral edema; Child abuse; Computed tomographic hypodensity; Head injury; Medicolegal; Timing of injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147207554     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255398.00410.6B     Document Type: Article

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