Cognitive dysfunction in 32 diffuse axonal injury cases

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 669-673

  Kamikubo, Takeshi ^a   Ohashi, Masahiro ^b   Hashimoto, Keiji ^b   Miyano, Satoshi ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Diffuse axonal injury; Functional independence measure (FIM); MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041821450     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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