Mild traumatic brain injury

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-198

  Vos, P E ^a   Alekseenko, Y ^b   Battistin, L ^c   Ehler, E ^d   Gerstenbrand, F ^e   Muresanu, D F ^f   Potapov, A ^g   Stepan, C A ^h   Traubner, P ⁱ   Vecsei, L ^j   von Wild, K ^k  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VITEBSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c Clinica Neurologica I   (Italy)

^d Neurologická Klinika 3 LF UK FN Královské Vinohrady   (Czech Republic)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^f IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^g INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^h Neurological Hospital Rosenh ü gel   (Austria)

ⁱ Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^k INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Guideline; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84856061909     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03581.x     Document Type: Article

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