Incidence of major and minor brain injuries in facial fractures

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1324-1328

  Grant, Aaron L ^a   Ranger, Adrianna ^a   Young, G Bryan ^a   Yazdani, Arjang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concussion; Craniofacial; Craniofacial surgery; Facial fracture; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 84867882117     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31825e60ae     Document Type: Article

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