Post-traumatic stress disorder following minor and severe closed head injury: 10 single cases

Brain Injury

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 749-758

  Mcmillan, T M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0029743769     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990596124016     Document Type: Article

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