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Jul 2023
3m 54s

Traumatic Brain Injury in Children

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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Dr. Halley Alexander discusses the paper, "It's Been a TRACK-TBI LONG Time Coming, but Well Worth the Wait".

Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2023/06/21/WNL.0000000000207682

 

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