Does the brain become heavier or lighter after trauma?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 42, 2008, Pages 110-114

  Lescot, T ^a   Degos, V ^a   Puybasset, L ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain injury; Brain oedema; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RELATIVE DENSITY;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; ORGAN SIZE; SOFTWARE; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 43149094005     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021507003304     Document Type: Review

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