Cognitive deficits and mild traumatic brain injury: New study identifies risk factors and raises questions about the nature of any implied causal association

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7899, 2013, Pages

  Newcombe, V F J ^a   Menon, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SPORT INJURY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84875165790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1522     Document Type: Editorial

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