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Robert L Ruff; Ronald G Riechers; Xiao-Feng  Wang; Suzanne Ruff; Traci Pioro

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Ruff RL, Riechers RG, Wang XF et al. For US combat veterans of OIF/OEF who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) in combat, the prevalence of neurological deficits (ND) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correlated with the number of episodes of LOC. F1000Posters 2011, 2:1878 (poster)

For US combat veterans of OIF/OEF who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) in combat, the prevalence of neurological deficits (ND) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correlated with the number of episodes of LOC

Robert L Ruff¹, Robert L Ruff², Ronald G Riechers, Xiao-Feng Wang, Suzanne Ruff, Traci Pioro

Published 16 Dec 2011

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¹ Neurology Service, Case Western Reserve University, USA
² Polytrauma Treatment Team, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, USA

Copyright © 2011 Ruff RL et al. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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For US combat veterans of OIF/OEF who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) in combat, the prevalence of neurological deficits (ND) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correlated with the number of episodes of LOC
[version 1; not peer reviewed]

Robert L Ruff¹, Robert L Ruff², Ronald G Riechers, Xiao-Feng Wang, Suzanne Ruff, Traci Pioro

Author Affiliations

¹ Neurology Service, Case Western Reserve University, USA
² Polytrauma Treatment Team, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, USA

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4th Annual Trauma Spectrum Conference 2011

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Center of Excellence in FES

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No competing interests were disclosed

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For US combat veterans of OIF/OEF who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) in combat, the prevalence of neurological deficits (ND) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correlated with the number of episodes of LOC

For US combat veterans of OIF/OEF who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) in combat, the prevalence of neurological deficits (ND) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correlated with the number of episodes of LOC [version 1; not peer reviewed]

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For US combat veterans of OIF/OEF who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) in combat, the prevalence of neurological deficits (ND) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) correlated with the number of episodes of LOC
[version 1; not peer reviewed]