Measuring recovery from post traumatic amnesia

Brain Injury

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 505-520

  Wilson, B A ^a,e   Evans, J J ^b   Emslie, H ^b   Balleny, H ^c   Watson, P C ^a   Baddeley, Alan D ^d  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b The Princess of Wales Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c South West Mental Health Team ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0032803956     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990599121412     Document Type: Article

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