Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Forensic Neuropsychiatric Perspective

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 721-738

  Wortzel, Hal S ^a,b   Brenner, Lisa A ^a   Arciniegas, David B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Brain Injury Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FOOTBALL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FOOTBALL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY;

EID: 84897040005     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2079     Document Type: Article

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