Mild brain injury: Detecting high-risk patients

Brain Injury Treatment: Theories and Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 17-27

  Munoz Sanchez M A ^a   Murillo Cabezas, F ^a   Leon Carrion J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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EID: 59249101630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203965238     Document Type: Chapter

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