Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 7 , Pages 552-556 , September 2010

Differential CT features of acute lentiform subdural hematoma and epidural hematoma

  • I-Chang Su

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung San South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Chuan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung San South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Hao Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung San South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Hsun Li

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung San South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lu-Ting Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung San South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jin-Er Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ham-Min Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung San South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yong-Kwang Tu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung San South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 23123456x5078; fax: +886 2 23417454.

Received 28 April 2008 ,Revised 21 February 2010 ,Accepted 2 March 2010.

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PII: S0303-8467(10)00059-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.03.001

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 7 , Pages 552-556 , September 2010

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