The prognostic factors related to traumatic brain stem injury

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-30

  Kim, Hun Joo ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI); Glasgow Coma Score (GCS); Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS); Traumatic brain stem injury (TBSI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMBINED INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODE OF INJURY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863259521     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2012.51.1.24     Document Type: Article

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