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. 1998 Summer;10(3):308-13.
doi: 10.1176/jnp.10.3.308.

Findings of mild traumatic brain injury in combat veterans with PTSD and a history of blast concussion

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Findings of mild traumatic brain injury in combat veterans with PTSD and a history of blast concussion

D L Trudeau et al. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1998 Summer.

Abstract

Veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder were evaluated for a history of blast concussion, controlling for confounding conditions. Electroencephalograms were analyzed by discriminant function for traumatic brain injury. A difference was found in discriminant scores between veterans with and without blast concussion. More members of the blast group had attentional symptoms and attentional dysfunction. Combat veterans with a remote history of blast injury have persistent electroencephalographic features of traumatic brain injury as well as attentional problems. The authors hypothesize that these constitute a type of chronic postconcussive syndrome that has cognitive and mood symptoms overlapping those of posttraumatic stress disorder.

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