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NAA and Higher Cognitive Function in Humans

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Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series (volume 576)

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Traumatic Brain Injury Gray Matter Gray Matter Volume Traumatic Brain Injury Patient Intellectual Functioning 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of NeurologyUniversity of New MexicoAlbuquerque
  2. 2.Hogland Brain Imaging CenterThe University of Kansas Medical CenterUSA
  3. 3.Department of NeurologyUniversity of New Mexico School of MedicineAlbuquerque

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