The current status of postconcussion syndrome

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-250

  Prigatano, George P ^a   Gale, Shawn D ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; concussion; management; postconcussion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME;

EID: 79955125532     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328344698b     Document Type: Article

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