The relation between Glasgow Coma Scale score and later cerebral atrophy in paediatric traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-233

  Ghosh, Alokananda ^a,b   Wilde, Elisabeth A ^c   Hunter, Jill V ^a,c   Bigler, Erin D ^d,e   Chu, Zili ^a,c   Li, Xiaoqi ^c   Vasquez, Ana C ^c   Menefee, Deleene ^c   Yallampalli, Ragini ^f   Levin, Harvey S ^c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS); MR imaging; Neuroimaging; Paediatric; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VENTRICLE TO BRAIN RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 60449102660     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802672789     Document Type: Article

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