Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) in a youth population: defining the diagnostic value and cost-utility of brain imaging

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2305-2309

  Morgan, Clinton D ^a   Zuckerman, Scott L ^a   King, Lauren E ^a   Beaird, Susan E ^a   Sills, Allen K ^a   Solomon, Gary S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Computed tomography (CT) neuroimaging; Concussion; Decision making; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Mild traumatic brain injury; Post concussion syndrome; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; X RAY; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84947019539     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-015-2916-y     Document Type: Article

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