TY - JOUR PY - 1995// TI - Penetrating injuries in the Vietnam war. Traumatic unconsciousness, epilepsy, and psychosocial outcome JO - Neurosurgery clinics of North America A1 - Salazar, Andres M. A1 - Schwab, Karen A1 - Grafman, J. H. SP - 715 EP - 726 VL - 6 IS - 4 N2 - The WF Caveness Vietnam Head Injury Study includes over a thousand men who survived penetrating head injuries during the Vietnam War and on whom detailed medical and follow-up data are available. This population offers unique opportunities for the study of recovery from brain injury and of brain structure-function relationships. The authors briefly review long-term outcome in this cohort with respect to traumatic unconsciousness, post-traumatic epilepsy, and elements of psychologic and psychosocial function, including returning to work.
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