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A histological analysis of 324 unselected fatal head injuries disclosed axonal injury in the form of retraction balls in 100 cases: this was severe in 64 and mild in 36. It is suggested that axonal injury exists as a spectrum without there necessarily being selective involvement of the corpus callosum or the rostral brain stem, and that cases with mild axonal injury may be unconscious for only a short time after their injury.
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Pilz, P. (1983). Axonal Injury in Head Injury. In: Adams, J.H. (eds) Trauma and Regeneration. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 32. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4147-2_17
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