Prognostic significance of age in traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-135

  Dhandapani, S S ^a   Manju, D ^a   Sharma, B S ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Age; brain injury; mortality; outcome; threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE THRESHOLD; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84864475107     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.98208     Document Type: Article

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