Experiences in the management of brainstem hematomas

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-224

  Rohde, Veit ^a,b   Berns, Esther ^a   Rohde, Ina ^a,b   Gilsbach, Joachim M ^a   Ryang, Yu Mi ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem cavernoma; Brainstem hematoma; Cavernoma; Intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN STEM; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34250165760     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-007-0081-9     Document Type: Article

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