A comparison of two assessments of high level cognitive communication disorders in mild traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 234-240

  Blyth, Tanya ^a   Scott, Amanda ^a   Bond, Annabelle ^b   Paul, Eldho ^c  

^a Speech Pathology Department   (Australia)

^b Occupational Therapy Department   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; closed head injury; cognitive; language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNISTAT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC QUICK TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84857839969     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.654587     Document Type: Article

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