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Original Articles

Executive dysfunction in traumatic brain injury: The effects of injury severity and effort on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

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Pages 132-140 | Received 03 Dec 2008, Accepted 01 Mar 2009, Published online: 29 May 2009

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