Further documentation of remote effects of electrical injuries, with comments on the place of neuropsychological testing and functional scanning

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2102-2113

  Andrews, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electric shock injuries; Electrical injury; Functional scanning; Neuropsychological testing; Pathway injuries; Psychological injuries; Remote injuries

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING;

ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURIES; ELECTRICAL INJURY; FUNCTIONAL SCANNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING; PATHWAY INJURIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURIES; REMOTE INJURIES;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

EID: 33749514278     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.877117     Document Type: Article

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