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Contusions

Known as: contused wound, bruised, contused 
Injury of the soft tissues or bone without breaking the skin that is characterized by blood leakage into the surrounding area.
National Institutes of Health

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Bleeding tendencyBlood Platelet DisordersEcchymosisHemorrhage

Narrower (14)

Brain ContusionCerebral ContusionContusion of chestContusion of eye

Broader (3)

Vascular Diseasescirculatory disorderstype of injury

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Review
2015
Review
2015
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children.
The most common cancer in childhood is now curable in 90% of patients. Current efforts are focused on devising molecular-based… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain and Overdose
BACKGROUND Long-term opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain is becoming increasingly common in community practice. Concomitant… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in adults
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Combined salmeterol and fluticasone in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised controlled trial
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Preharvest and postharvest factors influencing vitamin C content of horticultural crops.
Review
1997
Review
1997
Systematic Reviews: Synthesis of Best Evidence for Clinical Decisions
At the end of a long week in the office, you sink back into your chair, reflecting on some of the more memorable patients you… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Graded Histological and Locomotor Outcomes after Spinal Cord Contusion Using the NYU Weight-Drop Device versus Transection
Injury reproducibility is an important characteristic of experimental models of spinal cord injuries (SCI) because it limits the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
A sensitive and reliable locomotor rating scale for open field testing in rats.
Behavioral assessment after spinal cord contusion has long focused on open field locomotion using modifications of a rating scale… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A controlled cortical impact model of traumatic brain injury in the rat
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
The battered-child syndrome.
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