Trigeminal nerve injury following accidental airbag deployment and assessment with quantitative sensory testing

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-143

  Kalladka, Mythili ^b   Viswanath, Archana ^b   Gomes, Julyana ^b   Eliav, Eli ^a   Pertes, Richard ^a   Heir, Gary ^a  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INJURY; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; AIR BAGS; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 34249849826     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/crn.2007.021     Document Type: Article

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