Disability and Health Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: National Prevalence

Claire Jourdan1, Philippe Azouvi, François Genêt

  • 1From the Département de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France (CJ); HANDIReSP EA 4047, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, UFR des Sciences de la Santé - Simone Veil, Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France (CJ, PA, NS, LJ, AS); Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, APHP CHU Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France (PA, FG, LJ, AS); CIC-IT 1429, Garches, France (FG); « End:icap » U1179 INSERM, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, UFR des Sciences de la Santé - Simone Veil, Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France (FG); and Département d'Information Médicale, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France (LJ).

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