Mild traumatic brain injury in children

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-278

  Hamilton, Nicholas A ^a   Keller, Martin S ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Head injury; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 77957262530     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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