Mild head injury: Revisited

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1075-1082

  Thiruppathy, S P ^a   Muthukumar, N ^a,b  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Mild head injury outcome; Skull radiography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 6344282163     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0335-z     Document Type: Review

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