Mortality resulting from head injury in professional boxing: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Baird, Lissa C ^a   Newman, C Benjamin ^a   Volk, Hunter ^a   Svinth, Joseph R ^b   Conklin, Jordan ^b   Levy, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boxing; Head trauma; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOXING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FIGHTING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SPORT INJURY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TIME OF DEATH; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; BOXING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954984192     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000373207.04297.13     Document Type: Article

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