The postconcussional syndrome reappraised

Clinical EEG Electroencephalography

Volumn 27, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 174-182

  Fenton, George W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential; Electroencephalography; Head Injury, Minor; Postconcussional Syndrome; Quantitative EEG

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CONCUSSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029836986     PISSN: 00099155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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