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Post-traumatic amnesia and Glasgow Coma Scale related to outcome in survivors in a consecutive series of patients with severe closed-head injury

Samir N. Bishara Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Fiona M. Partridge Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Hamish P.D. Godfrey Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Robert G. Knight Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Pages 373-380 | Received 13 Aug 1991, Accepted 09 Sep 1991, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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