Prospectively assessed clinical outcomes in concussive blast vs nonblast traumatic brain injury among evacuated US military personnel

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 994-1002

  Mac Donald, Christine L ^a,b   Johnson, Ann M ^a   Wierzechowski, Linda ^c   Kassner, Elizabeth ^c   Stewart, Theresa ^c   Nelson, Elliot C ^a   Werner, Nicole J ^a   Zonies, David ^c   Oh, John ^c,d   Fang, Raymond ^c,e   Brody, David L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SLEEP QUALITY; SOLDIER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DISABILITY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905996228     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.1114     Document Type: Article

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