An overview of attention deficits after paediatric traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1123-1134

  Ginstfeldt, Tim ^a   Emanuelson, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention; Brain; Child; Injury; Neuropsychological testing; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 77955912148     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.506853     Document Type: Review

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