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Head-injured subjects aged over 50 years: correlations between variables of trauma and neuropsychologial follow-up

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Neuropsychological follow-up was studied in 70 consecutive head-injured subjects aged over 50 years. Diffuse deterioration (28%), moderate deterioration (25%) and dementia (21%) were the most frequent sequelae. Analysis of correlations between neuropsychological sequelae and trauma variables showed that: (1) mild trauma did not necessarily imply good prognosis and could be followed by very severe consequences; (2) duration of post-traumatic amnesia was correlated with coma duration but not with neuropsychological out come; (3) on the whole, no prognostic predictor of the outcome was found.

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  1. Neuropsychological Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Parma, Strada del Quartiere, 4, I-43100, Parma, Italy

    A. Mazzucchi, R. Cattelaui, G. Missale, M. Gugliotta, R. Brianti & M. Parma

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Mazzucchi, A., Cattelaui, R., Missale, G. et al. Head-injured subjects aged over 50 years: correlations between variables of trauma and neuropsychologial follow-up. J Neurol 239, 256–260 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00810347

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