Post-traumatic mutism in children

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 445-449

  Jian, Xi ^a   Junyu, Wang ^a   Jinfang, Liu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Brain region; Children; Ischaemia; Mutism; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MUTISM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650519682     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050902838157     Document Type: Article

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