Sustained attention in patients with mild traumatic brain injury

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-193

  Chan, Raymond C K ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 14644386880     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215505cr838oa     Document Type: Article

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