Pediatric TBI: Challenges for treatment and rehabilitation

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: New Frontiers in Clinical and Translational Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 192-206

  Catroppa, Cathy ^a   Anderson, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84928773301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676383.012     Document Type: Chapter

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