An exploratory study of neuroimaging, neurologic, and neuropsychological findings in veterans with traumatic brain injury and/or posttraumatic stress disorder

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-352

  Brenner, Lisa A ^a,b   Ladley O'Brien, Susan E ^b   Harwood, Jeri E F ^c   Filley, Christopher M ^b   Kelly, James P ^b   Homaifar, Beeta Y ^a,b   Adler, Lawrence E ^a,b  

^a Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 67651233976     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-01-5808     Document Type: Article

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