High-velocity bullet causing indirect trauma to the brain and symptomatic epilepsy

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-64

  Treib, J ^a   Haass, A ^a   Grauer, M T ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; BRAIN INJURY; BULLET; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 9044254526     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.1.61     Document Type: Article

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