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Age and Outcome of Severe Head Injury

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Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 28))

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Opinions about the importance of age as a prognostic factor after head injury have varied. For instance, Carlsson et al.1 emphasized a close correlation between increasing age and a decreasing change of mental recovery; but others2 report that age has little influence on the prospects for recovery.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland

    G. Teasdale, A. Skene, L. Parker & B. Jennett

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, England

    G. Teasdale, A. Skene, L. Parker & B. Jennett

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  1. Clinique Neurochirurgicale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rue Héger-Bordet, 1, B-1000, Bruxelles, Belgium

    J. Brihaye

  2. Middlesbrough General Hospital, Ayresome Green Lane, TS5 5AZ, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK

    P. R. R. Clarke

  3. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, D-6650, Homburg/Saar, Federal Republic of Germany

    F. Loew

  4. Odense University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense, Denmark

    J. Overgaard M.D.

  5. National Institute of Neurosurgery, Amerikai út 57, H-1145, Budapest, Hungary

    E. Pásztor M.D.

  6. Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université de Paris VI, Clinique Neuro-Chirurgicale, 83, Boulevard de l’Hôpital, F-75013, Paris, France

    B. Pertuiset

  7. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-6500, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany

    K. Schürmann

  8. Consultant Neurosurgeon, Gough Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, UK

    L. Symon T.D., F.R.C.S.

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Teasdale, G., Skene, A., Parker, L., Jennett, B. (1979). Age and Outcome of Severe Head Injury. In: Brihaye, J., et al. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 28. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4088-8_33

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