Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 85, Issue 10 , Pages 1662-1666 , October 2004

Outcome after mild to moderate traumatic brain injury: The role of dizziness

  • Laury Chamelian, MD (FRCPC)

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Anthony Feinstein, PhD, MRCPsych (FRCPC)

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Anthony Feinstein, MD, FG08, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant no. 36535).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.02.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 85, Issue 10 , Pages 1662-1666 , October 2004

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