Visual dysfunction following blast-related traumatic brain injury from the battlefield

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-13

  Dougherty, Amber L ^a   MacGregor, Andrew J ^a   Han, Peggy P ^a   Heltemes, Kevin J ^a   Galarneau, Michael R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat injury; Military; Ocular and visual disorder; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; COMBAT INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; SEX RATIO; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 78650209310     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.536195     Document Type: Article

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