Outcome after complicated minor head injury

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 506-513

  Smits, M ^a   Hunink, M G M ^a,b   Van Rijssel, D A ^a   Dekker, H M ^c   Vos, P E ^c   Kool, D R ^d   Nederkoorn, P J ^d   Hofman, P A M ^e   Twijnstra, A ^e   Tanghe, H L J ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41149119561     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0852     Document Type: Article

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