Open AccessRisk of meningioma in patients with head injury: A nationwide population-based study
Author(s) -
AiSeon Kuan,
YungTai Chen,
ChungJen Teng,
ShuuJiun Wang,
Ming-Teh Chen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2014.06.005
Subject(s) - medicine , head injury , meningioma , population based study , head (geology) , population , surgery , environmental health , geomorphology , geology
Head injury has been suggested to correlate with meningioma. However, results of studies investigating the relationship between head injury and meningioma were inconsistent. Therefore, we conducted this study to assess the association between head injury and meningioma, and to determine the possible risk factors.
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