Determining clinically meaningful cognitive impairment following traumatic brain injury

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1093, 1999, Pages 295-297

  O'Brien, Lauren F ^a   Godfrey, Hamish P D ^a   Freeman, J ^a   Perkins, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0033551622     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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