Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 139-143 , March 2010

Good Mortality Prediction by Glasgow Coma Scale for Neurosurgical Patients

  • Hsien-Wei Ting

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Hospital, Department of Health, Taipei, R.O.C.
    • Department of Information Management, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ming-Shung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yueh-Chun Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Genomics Laboratory, Phalanx Biotech Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chien-Lung Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Information Management, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chien-Lung Chan, Department of Information Management, Yuan Ze University, 135, Yuan-Tung Road, Chung-Li 320, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 27 March 2009 ,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70028-9

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 139-143 , March 2010

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