Consistency of within-day and across-day performance after mild brain injury

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-253

  Bleiberg, Joseph ^a   Garmoe, William S ^a   Halpern, Ellen L ^b   Reeves, Dennis L ^c   Nadler, Jodi D ^d  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Medlantic Research Institute   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ANAM; Mild TBI; Sustained performance; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0030700886     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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