Decompressive craniectomy for the treatment of malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lu, Xiao Cheng ^a   Huang, Bao Sheng ^b   Zheng, Jin Yu ^a,c   Tao, Yi ^a   Yu, Wan ^d   Tang, Lin Jun ^a   Zhu, Rong Lan ^a   Li, Shuai ^a   Li, Li Xin ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84945364715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07070     Document Type: Article

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