Neuropsychiatric sequelae one year after a minor head injury
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Neuropsychiatric sequelae one year after a minor head injury.
OBJECTIVE To assess neuropsychiatric sequelae 1 year after minor head injury in a cross sectional study using home interviews with patients and their relatives at 1 year after head injury. METHODS The study cohort included 148 adults who were admitted to hospital after a minor head injury between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 1995 and showed clinical or radiological evidence of brain injury. Main o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.6.809