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. 1988 Nov;51(11):1452-4.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.11.1452.

Memory disorder related to coma duration after head injury

J Vilkki  1 , K Poropudas, A Servo
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Memory disorder related to coma duration after head injury

J Vilkki et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1988 Nov.

Abstract

The relationship of memory and intelligence test performances to coma duration was studied in 51 head injured patients who had not been operated on for intracranial haematoma. Memory defect was related to coma duration, and was not secondary to impaired perceptual or conceptual analysis of the material to be remembered.

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