Is a diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury a category mistake?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Rapp, Paul E ^a   Curley, Kenneth C ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; mild TBI; nosology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICD-10; INJURY SEVERITY; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864626984     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318260604b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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