Paediatric neurointensive care and decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-6

  Tasker, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 78650066103     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03817.x     Document Type: Note

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