The role of the neurologist in concussions: When to tell your patient to stop

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1481-1482

  Cantu, Robert C ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ATHLETE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTACT SPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84890345459     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.3231     Document Type: Short Survey

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