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. 1998 Jul;3(3):176-185.

Secondary Injury After Head Trauma: Subacute and Long-term Mechanisms

ST DeKosky  1 , PM Kochanek, RS Clark, JR Ciallella, CE Dixon
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  • PMID: 10085205

Secondary Injury After Head Trauma: Subacute and Long-term Mechanisms

ST DeKosky et al. Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry. 1998 Jul.

Abstract

Mechanisms of the secondary injuries associated with traumatic brain injury, and their long-term effects on behavior and on the possible development of neurodegenerative disease, represent major opportunities to understand the brain's efforts at self-repair. A multiplicity of endogenous factors and genetic predispositions interact to affect outcomes. More pragmatically, the elucidation of such mechanisms offer multiple opportunities to intervene therapeutically.

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