title: Quantification of primary and secondary lesions in severe head injury.
abstract: The current trend is to classify brain damage due to non-missile head injury as focal or diffuse. Quantitative findings will be discussed and reference will be made to both human and experimental non-human primate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Gennarelli
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: McLellan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000473:pathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000473:pathology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged