Diffuse Axonal Injury in Head Trauma

Citation:

Blumberg PC, Jones NR, North JB: Diffuse axonal injury in head trauma. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 52:838-841, February 1989.

Notes:

• One third of cases of diffuse axonal injury recovered sufficiently to talk between the initial head injury and death.
• Patients with severe diffuse axonal injury are unconscious from the moment of impact and remain unconscious until death.

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