CT prediction of contusion evolution after closed head injury: The role of pericontusional edema

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 96, 2006, Pages 30-32

  Beaumont, A ^a   Gennarelli, T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

brain edema; computed tomography; contusion; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 85052609710     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-30714-1_7     Document Type: Article

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