Identifying children and adolescents with cognitive dysfunction following mild traumatic brain injury-Preliminary findings on abbreviated neuropsychological testing

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-408

  Scherwath, Angela ^a   Sommerfeldt, Dirk W ^b   Bindt, Carola ^a   Nolte, Achim ^c   Boiger, Annette ^b   Koch, Uwe ^a   Petersen Ewert, Corinna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus   (Germany)

^c HELIOS Clinic Geesthacht   (Germany)

^d HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abbreviated neuropsychological testing; adolescents; children; cognitive function; mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 79952151642     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.557351     Document Type: Article

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