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fredag, juni 03, 2011

Brain Scan Shows Mark of Bomb Blasts, Study Finds

Aetna Inteli Health
June 2, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Servicemen who suffer concussions from wartime explosions struggle with symptoms even though brain scans generally show no damage. Now a specialized type of scan has spotted brain abnormalities in some of these patients.
The new work is a first step toward better understanding what happens in the brain and what might be done about it, said Dr. David Brody of Washington University in St. Louis. He's senior author of the study in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (se gårdagens NEJM-blogginlägg).

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