Interhemispheric chronic subdural haematoma: Case report and brief review of the literature

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1039-1043

  Requejo, Paulo Roberto ^a   Vaitsman, Rafael Pereira ^a   Paiva, Mauro Sérgio ^a   MacHado, Alexandre Légora ^a   Barroso, Marcelo Viana ^a   Salame, José Massoud ^a   Louzada, Paulo Roberto ^b  

^a Hospital Souza Aguiar   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Closed head injury; Neuroimaging; Neurosurgery; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; SKIN INJURY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953647683     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.489034     Document Type: Article

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