PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 12 , Pages 1069-1076 , December 2009

Rehabilitation Outcomes After Anoxic Brain Injury: A Case-Controlled Comparison With Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Nora K. Cullen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neuro Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Division of Physiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2A2†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to N.K.C., Neuro Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, 550 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2A2
    • ,
  • Charmagne Crescini, MA

      Affiliations

    • Neuro Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada‡
    • ,
  • Mark T. Bayley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neuro Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and the Division of Physiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada§

Received 29 June 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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 This research was supported by the Physicians' Services Foundation Inc. Equipment and space were funded with grants from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Province of Ontario. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.09.013

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