Severe traumatic head injury: Prognostic value of brain stem injuries detected at MRI

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1925-1931

  Hilario, A ^a   Ramos, A ^a   Millan, J M ^a   Salvador, E ^a   Gomez, P A ^a   Cicuendez, M ^a   Diez Lobato, R ^a   Lagares, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE EXTENDED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN STEM; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870893905     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3092     Document Type: Article

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