The characteristics of blast traumatic brain injury

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 695-702

  Matsumoto, Yoshihisa ^a   Matsushita, Yoshitaro ^a   Hatano, Ben ^a   Nawashiro, Hiroshi ^b   Shima, Katsuji ^b  

^a Japan Self Defense Force Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Blast traumatic brain injury; Explosion

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BLAST INJURY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK WAVE; TERRORISM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VASOSPASM; WAR; WORK;

ANIMALS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS;

EID: 77955838347     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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