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. 1980 Jul-Aug;6(4):319-24.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1980.tb00217.x.

The contusion index: a quantitative approach to cerebral contusions in head injury

J H Adams, G Scott, L S Parker, D I Graham, D Doyle

The contusion index: a quantitative approach to cerebral contusions in head injury

J H Adams et al. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 1980 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

A quantitative means of assessing contusions of the brain (the 'contusion index') following head injury has been devised. Its derivation and application to a consecutive series of 151 cases are described.

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