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A Mouse Model of Single and Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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Prolonged survival without neurologic deficit following traumatic dorsolateral brainstem injury
Clinical Neuropathology
|May 1, 1985
Abstract:
A 25-year-old white male survived a closed head injury with brainstem damage for two years without major neurologic deficits and succumbed to an unrelated condition. Gross and microscopic study of quantity and distribution of his lesions suggest that one-sided lateral brainstem injury of traumatic nature may be compatible with long survival and only minor neurologic deficit. Future cases should be evaluated for the validity of this hypothesis.
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