Patients on Anticoagulants after a Head Trauma : Is a Negative Initial CT Scan Enough? Report of a Case of Delayed Subdural Haematoma and Review of the Literature |
Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios F.
(Department of Neurosurgery, Red Cross Hospital)
Anagnostopoulos, Christos (Department of Neurosurgery, Tzanio General Hospital) Chamilos, Christos (Department of Neurosurgery, Tzanio General Hospital) Petsanas, Adamantios (Department of Neurosurgery, Tzanio General Hospital) |
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