Objective and behavioural assessment of the emergence from post-traumatic amnesia (PTA)

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 927-935

  Weir, Nicole ^a   Doig, Emmah J ^a,b   Fleming, Jennifer M ^a,b   Wiemers, Anna ^a   Zemljic, Collette ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Post traumatic amnesia; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URINE INCONTINENCE; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750109751     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050600832684     Document Type: Article

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