Physicians’ Knowledge of the Glasgow Coma Scale in a Nigerian University Hospital: Is the Simple GCS Still Too Complex?
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Physicians’ Knowledge of the Glasgow Coma Scale in a Nigerian University Hospital: Is the Simple GCS Still Too Complex?
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Neurology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1664-2295
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00028