Optic nerve sonography: A new window for the non-invasive evaluation of intracranial pressure in brain injury

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 630-634

  Soldatos, T ^a   Chatzimichail, K ^a   Papathanasiou, M ^a   Gouliamos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 69249102660     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.058453     Document Type: Review

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