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Takahiko Nagamine1

  • 1Dr. Nagamine is with the Sunlight Brain Research Center in Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan.

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience
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PubMed

Keywords:
Minor head injurycentral salt wasting syndrome (CSWS)cognitive impairmenthyponatremia

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