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Original Article

Sustained attention in children and adolescents after traumatic brain injury: relation to severity of injury, adaptive functioning, ADHD and social background

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Pages 751-764 | Received 03 Apr 2003, Accepted 20 Jan 2004, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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