Clinical predictors of the psychosocial long term outcome after brain injury

Neurological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-310

  Woischneck, Dieter ^a   Firsching, Raimund ^a   Rückert, Norbert ^b   Hussein, Sami ^b   Heissler, Hans ^b   Aumüller, Ellen ^b   Dietz, Hermann ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cranial computerized tomography; Outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031006534     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1997.11740817     Document Type: Article

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