Postconcussion syndrome: A review

Trauma

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-27

  Carr, James ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mild traumatic brain injury; postconcussion syndrome

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN S100B; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 35649007819     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460408607082845     Document Type: Review

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