| Description |
xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I: History and Epidemiology -- 1. Historical Notes on the Postconcussion Syndrome, A.L. Benton -- 2. The Epidemiology of Mild Head Injury, J.F. Kraus and P. Nourjah -- 3. Some International Comparisons, B. Jennett -- PART II: Experimental Models and Neuropathology -- 4. Morphopathological Change Associated with Mild Head Injury, J.T. Povlishock and T.H. Coburn -- 5. Neurochemical Mechanisms of Mild and Moderate Head Injury: Implications for Treatment, R.L. Hayes, et al. -- PART III: Clinical Management, Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging -- 6. Complications After Apparently Mild Head Injury and Strategies of Neurosurgical Management, R.G. Dacey -- 7. Mild Head Injury in Children, J.W. Snoek -- 8. Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Mild Head Injury, H.M. Eisenberg and H.S. Levin -- 9. Neurophysiologic Assessment of Mild Head Injury, R. Schoenhuber and M. Gentilini -- PART IV: Neuropsychological Sequelae -- 10. Cumulative and Persisting Effects of Concussion on Attention and Cognition, D. Gronwall -- 11. Assessment of Attention in Mild Head Injury, M. Gentilini, et al. -- 12. Recovery of Memory After Mild Head Injury: A Three Center Study, R.M. Ruff, et al. -- 13. Neurobehavioral Outcome of Mild Head Injury in Children, H.S. Levin, et al. -- 14. Postconcussion Symptoms: Relationship to Acute Neurologic Indices, Individual Differences and Circumstances of Injury, W.H. Rutherford -- 15. Relationship of Psychosocial Functioning and Postconcussional Complaints to Neuropsychological Recovery, S.S. Dikmen, N. Temkin, and G. Armsden -- 15. Relationship of Psychosocial Functioning and Postconcussional Complaints to Neuropsychological Recovery, S.S. Dikmen, et al. -- 16. Management of Disability and Rehabilitation Services After Mild Head Injury, P. Wrightson -- 17. Mild Head Injury in Sports: Neuropsychological Sequelae and Recovery of Function, J.T. Barth, W. Alves, T.V. Ryan, S.N. Macciocchi, R. Rimel, J.A. Jane, and W. Nelson -- 17. Mild Head Injury in Sports: Neuropsychological Sequelae and Recovery of Function, J.T. Barth, et al |
| Notes |
Based on a conference held at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston on Mar. 20-21, 1987 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Brain -- Concussion -- Complications -- Congresses.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Congresses.
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Head -- Wounds and injuries -- Complications -- Congresses.
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Head -- Wounds and injuries -- Congresses.
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Brain Injuries.
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| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Benton, Arthur Lester, 1909-2006.
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Eisenberg, Howard M.
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Levin, Harvey S.
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| LC no. |
88012569 |
| ISBN |
019505301X (alk. paper) |
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