Vestibular Deficits Following Concussion.
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چکیده
Investigators from the Division of Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, and Sports Medicine, Somerset, NJ, performed a retrospective cohort study of 247 patients ages 5-18 years with concussion referred from July 2010 to Dec 2011; 81% of patients showed a vestibular abnormality on initial clinical examination.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatric neurology briefs
دوره 29 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015