Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury: Imaging and neurophysiology abnormalities related to outcome

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-561

  Howard, R S ^a   Holmes, P A ^a   Siddiqui, A ^a   Treacher, D ^a   Tsiropoulos, I ^a   Koutroumanidis, M ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84861725487     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcs016     Document Type: Article

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