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Editorial
. 2006 May;77(5):570.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.085241.

Can severely disabled patients benefit from in-patient neurorehabilitation for acquired brain injury?

S Fleminger
Editorial

Can severely disabled patients benefit from in-patient neurorehabilitation for acquired brain injury?

S Fleminger. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 May.

Abstract

Neurorehabilitation may be most cost efficient in those with the most severe disability

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Competing interests: none declared

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