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Diffuse Axonal Injury after Head Trauma. A Review

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Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery ((NEUROSURGERY,volume 27))

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Traumatic brain injury is a major health problem in all developed countries. Because of the long-term disabilities suffered by head-injured patients, such injuries are a continuous organizational challenge for health systems and a burden for community and families in terms of monetary cost, suffering and disability (Fearnside MR et al. 1997).

“Every new bit of knowledge we acquire serves to open our eyes further to the vastness of our ignorance”.

Karl Popper

The Myth of The Framework, 1994

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Sahuquillo, J., Poca, M.A. (2002). Diffuse Axonal Injury after Head Trauma. A Review. In: Pickard, J.D., et al. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, vol 27. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6174-6_2

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