Mild traumatic brain injury : Facts and fancy;Le syndrome post-commotionnel : Mythe ou realite ?

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-90

  Gerard J M ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Pare   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mild head injury; Postconcussion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FORECASTING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VERTIGO;

ANXIETY; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; COGNITION DISORDERS; FORECASTING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VERTIGO;

EID: 0034171053     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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