Validity of serum tau protein levels in pediatric patients with minor head trauma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-403

  Guzel, Ahmet ^a   Karasalihoglu, Serap ^a   Aylanç, Hakan ^a   Temizöz, Osman ^a   Hiçdönmez, Tufan ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAU PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951892701     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.12.025     Document Type: Article

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