Detection of Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Military Personnel

L. Mac Donald, Christine; M. Johnson, Ann; Cooper, Dana; C. Nelson, Elliot; J. Werner, Nicole; S. Shimony, Joshua; Z. Snyder, Abraham; E. Raichle, Marcus; R. Witherow, John; Fang, Raymond; Flaherty, Stephen; L. Brody, David

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1008069

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Detection of Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Military Personnel

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jun 1, 2011

Authors:

Christine L. Mac Donald

Ann M. Johnson

Dana Cooper

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Blast-related traumatic brain injuries have been common in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but fundamental questions about the nature of these injuries remain unanswered. METHODS: We tested the hypothesis that blast-related traumatic brain injury causes traumatic axonal injury, using diff...

Subject

Traumatic brain injury

Blast injury

Medicine

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