Traumatic brain injuries in the ancient Egypt: insights from the Edwin Smith Papyrus.

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is probably as old as human beings. The Edwin Smith Papyrus is the first treatise describing the treatment of patients with TBI and allows insights into the medical examination and treatment of head-injured patients in ancient Egypt.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg

Title: Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery

ISSN (Electronic): 2193-6323

ISSN (Print): 2193-6315

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2012

Volume: 73

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany. marcelalexander.kamp@uni-duesseldorf.de

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DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313635

PubMed ID: 22271381

SO-VID: 373f91c9-7585-485b-84e2-b9a974d90377

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