Traumatic Brain Injury

Neurological Disorders: Course and Treatment: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 765-781

  Salazar, Andres M ^a   Cooper, Patrick ^b   Ecklund, James ^c  

^a Def and Vet Head Injury Program   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012125831-3/50252-5     Document Type: Chapter

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