Student athlete concussions and postconcussion syndrome: ADHD as a risk factor

Marc R Nuwer1, Jamie M Nuwer1, Jack W Tsao1

  • 1Department of Neurology (MRN), David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology (MRN), Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center; Sports and Family Medicine (JMN), Bay Health Center, Palo Alto, CA; Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Anatomy & Neurobiology (JWT), the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and the Department of Neurology (JWT), Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Children's Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN.

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