Cognitive rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury

Abstract Annually, some 500,000 people are hospitalized with brain lesions acquired after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Brazil. Between 75,000 and 100,000 individuals die within hours of the event and 70,000 to 90,000 evolve to irreversible loss of some neurological function. The principal causes...

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Main Authors: Fabio Rios Freire, Fernanda Coelho, Juliana Rhein Lacerda, Marcio Fernando da Silva, Vanessa Tome Gonçalves, Sergio Machado, Bruna Velasques, Pedro Ribeiro, Luis Fernando Hindi Basile, Arthur Maynart Pereira Oliveira, Wellingson Silva Paiva, Paulo Afonso Medeiros Kanda, Renato Anghinah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Subjects:
TBI
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642011000100017&lng=en&tlng=en