Citation

Haas JF, Cope DN, Hall K. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 1987; 50(1): 52-56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3819755

PMCID

PMC1033249

Abstract

A study of 80 head injured patients revealed poor premorbid academic performance in up to 50% of the sample. Poor academic performance, as defined by diagnosis of learning disability, multiple failed academic subjects, or school dropout during secondary education, is not a previously cited risk factor for head injury. These findings have important implications in the identification of a high risk population and in the subsequent ability to reduce the incidence of head injury.

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