Sex differences in the long-term neuropsychological outcome of mild traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 809-814

  Tsushima, William T ^a   Lum, Mark ^b   Geling, Olga ^c  

^a STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Neuropsychological outcome; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 72949124184     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050903200530     Document Type: Article

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