Dysautonomia after severe traumatic brain injury

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1172-1177

  Hendricks, H T ^a   Heeren, A H ^a   Vos, P E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cohort study; diffuse axonal injury; dysautonomia; incidence; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY DYSAUTONOMIAS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955793359     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.02989.x     Document Type: Article

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