Post-traumatic cerebral infarction: A rare complication in a pediatric patient after mild head injury;Posttravmatik serebral iskemi: Pediyatrik yaş grubunda minör kafa travması sonrası gelişen nadir bir komplikasyon

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-188

  Yilmaz, Serkan ^a   Pekdemir, Murat ^a   Sarisoy, Hasan Tahsin ^a   Yaka, Elif ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bayburt State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Minor head trauma; Pediatric patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 79955545511     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2011.94919     Document Type: Article

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