Low pressure hyperbaric oxygen therapy and SPECT brain imaging in the treatment of blast-induced chronic traumatic brain injury (post-concussion syndrome) and post traumatic stress disorder: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Harch, Paul G ^a   Fogarty, Edward F ^b   Staab, Paul K ^a   Van Meter, Keith ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDER; TINNITUS; VETERAN; WAR;

EID: 77953462182     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6538     Document Type: Article

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