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Sports-related concussion: What do we know in 2009—A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

JULIAN E. BAILES*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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*Correspondence and reprint requests to: Julian E. Bailes, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 9183, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-9183. E-mail: jbailes@hsc.wvu.edu

Abstract

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Type
Critical Review—Introduction
Copyright
Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2009

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