Why do some patients after head injury deteriorate over the long term?

Editorial

Simon Fleminger. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2012 Nov.

. 2012 Nov;83(11):1036.

doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303015. Epub 2012 Aug 6.

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