Cerebral microhemorrhages in a collegiate football player: Clinical implications in the management of sports concussion

Sports Health

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-394

  Asif, Irfan M ^a   Harmon, Kimberly G ^a,b   Drezner, Jonathan A ^a   O'Kane, John W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Microbleeds; Microhemorrhages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856195000     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738110374628     Document Type: Article

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