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. 2005 Dec;57(6):1303-5; discussion 1303-5.
doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000187321.13149.b9.

Head injury management algorithm as described in Hippocrates' "peri ton en cephali traumaton"

Vassilios G Dimopoulos  1 , Theofilos G Machinis, Kostas N Fountas, Joe S Robinson
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Head injury management algorithm as described in Hippocrates' "peri ton en cephali traumaton"

Vassilios G Dimopoulos et al. Neurosurgery. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

HIPPOCRATIC WORKS LEND themselves still today to the modern physician for further analysis of his approach to the diagnosis and treatment of various pathological conditions. We present an attempt to systematize his methodology regarding the management of head trauma and present it in the format of a modern-era algorithm.

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