Mild closed head injury in children compared to traumatic fractured bone; neurobehavioural sequelae in daily life 2 years after the accident

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-252

  Overweg Plandsoen, W C G ^a,b   Vermeulen, M ^b   Van Der Linden, E A M ^b   Kodde, A ^b   Van Straaten, M ^b   Neyens, L G J ^c   Aldenkamp, A P ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Psychol Dept of the Epilepsy C   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Fractured bone; Late sequelae; Mild head injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033003806     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051061     Document Type: Article

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