Mild traumatic brain injury and postconcussion syndrome: The importance of base rates in diagnosis and clinical formulation

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-

  Powell, Graham Edelmann ^a  

^a Chartered Health Psychologist   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IRRITABILITY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME;

EID: 39749116259     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.131722     Document Type: Editorial

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