Ethical perspectives in neurology: Sports-acquired traumatic brain injury

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 161-165

  Russo, Michael B ^a   Crutchfield, Kevin E ^a  

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ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOTBALL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; SPORT INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 78650718156     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000391462.98911.26     Document Type: Article

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