Mild traumatic brain injuries in adults

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-88

  Shukla, Dhaval ^a   Devi, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Concussion; Glasgow coma score; head injury; mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITICOLINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 79953016649     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.71723     Document Type: Article

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