Association between linear skull fractures and intracranial hemorrhage in children with minor head trauma

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1375-1379

  Erlichman, David B ^a   Blumfield, Einat ^a   Rajpathak, Swapnil ^a   Weiss, Amanda ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Intracranial injury; Minor head trauma; Skull film; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL FRACTURES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954424278     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1555-4     Document Type: Article

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