Examining false positives on the Word Memory Test in adults with mild traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 741-750

  Green, P ^a   Flaro, L ^a   Courtney, J ^b  

^a Children's Hospital ^*

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD MEMORY TEST;

EID: 69349100508     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050903133962     Document Type: Article

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