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Original Article

Post-coma disturbance and post-traumatic amnesia as nonlinear predictors of cognitive outcome following severe closed head injury: Findings from the Westmead Head Injury Project

C. Haslam Neuropsychology Section, RACS, Woden Valley Hospital, Australia
,
J. Batchelor Department of Clinical Psychology, Westmead Hospital, Australia
,
M. R. Fearnside Department of Neurosurgery, Westmead Hospital, Australia
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S. A. Haslam Department of Psychology, Australian National University
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S. Hawkins Australian Health Insurance Commission
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E. Kenway Department of Clinical Psychology, Westmead Hospital, Australia
Pages 519-528 | Received 12 May 1993, Accepted 23 Jun 1993, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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