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Late recovery from head injury: case report and review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

J. Christie Brown
J. Christie Brown
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Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
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Synopsis

Some problems of prognosis in patients with head injury are reviewed, and a case of late and unexpected recovery from post-traumatic dementia presented. The possible mechanism of recovery is discussed with particular reference to normal pressure hydrocephalus.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1975 , pp. 239 - 248
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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