Prolonged Postconcussive Symptoms
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Evaluation and treatment of postconcussive symptoms.
Postconcussive symptoms such as headache, dizziness, irritability, and difficulties with memory and attention are reported frequently after traumatic brain injuries (TBI) of all severities. The etiology of these symptoms in individuals with mild TBI has been a subject of some controversy with theories ranging from neural damage to malingering. Furthermore, although the term postconcussive syndr...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0002-953X,1535-7228
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17020235