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Wounds and Injuries > Wounds, Nonpenetrating > Head Injuries, Closed
Wounds and Injuries > Trauma, Nervous System > Craniocerebral Trauma > Head Injuries, Closed
Nervous System Diseases > Trauma, Nervous System > Craniocerebral Trauma > Head Injuries, Closed

Preferred term

Head Injuries, Closed  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Closed Head Injuries
  • Closed Head Trauma
  • Closed Head Traumas
  • Head Injuries, Nonpenetrating
  • Head Injury, Nonpenetrating
  • Head Trauma, Closed
  • Head Traumas, Closed
  • Injuries, Closed Head
  • Nonpenetrating Head Injuries
  • Nonpenetrating Head Injury

Note

  • coordinate with BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC only if both are discussed

Scope note

  • Traumatic injuries to the cranium where the integrity of the skull is not compromised and no bone fragments or other objects penetrate the skull and DURA MATER. This frequently results in mechanical injury being transmitted to intracranial structures which may produce TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, hemorrhage, or CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES. (From Rowland, Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p417)

History note

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In other languages

  • suljetut kallovammat

    Finnish

  • suljettu kallovamma
  • suljettu pään vamma
  • suljetut pään vammat
  • Slutna huvudskador

    Swedish

  • Huvudskador, slutna
  • Icke-penetrerande huvudskador
  • Trubbiga huvudskador

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016489

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