Neuropsychological, MRI and EEG findings after very mild traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 821-827

  Voller, Bernhard ^a   Benke, T ^b   Benedetto, K ^b   Schnider, P ^a   Auff, E ^a   Aichner, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Division of Neurorehabilitation ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032827985     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990599121214     Document Type: Article

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