Pediatric facial fractures: Occurrence of concussion and relation to fracture patterns

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1270-1273

  Afrooz, Paul N ^a   Grunwaldt, Lorelei J ^a   Zanoun, Rami R ^a   Grubbs, Rachel K ^a   Saladino, Richard A ^a   Losee, Joseph E ^a   Zuckerbraun, Noel S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Facial fracture; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 84867760946     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824e6447     Document Type: Article

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