Hypofibrinogenemia in isolated traumatic brain injury in Indian patients

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 756-757

  Chhabra, Gaurav ^a   Rangarajan, Kanchana ^a   Subramanian, Arulselvi ^a   Agrawal, Deepak ^a   Sharma, Subhadra ^a   Mukhopadhayay, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; head injury; hypofibrinogenemia

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; INDIA; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AFIBRINOGENEMIA; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149364693     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.72175     Document Type: Article

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