Pathological laughter and crying in patients with closed traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 591-598

  Zeilig, G ^a,d   Drubach, D A ^a   Katz Zeilig, M ^b   Karatinos, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYING; HEMIPARESIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT;

EID: 0029739872     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990596124160     Document Type: Article

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