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- Document 0178
- DOCN M9620178
- TI Cognitive sequelae of repeated head injury in a population of
- intravenous drug users.
- DT 9602
- AU Hestad K; Updike M; Selnes OA; Royal W 3rd; Section of Clinical
- Neuropsychology, University of Bergen,; Norway.
- SO Scand J Psychol. 1995 Sep;36(3):246-55. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
- MED/96003398
- AB The relationship between closed head injury and performance on
- neuropsychological (NP) tests was investigated in a group of intravenous
- drug users (IVDUs). Subjects with repeated head traumas involving loss
- of consciousness (LOC) performed worse than both a control group without
- LOC and reference group with only a single episode of LOC. There were no
- significant differences between the last two groups. Performance on
- tests of memory, attention, and motor performance was significantly
- worse in the group with repeated head injury. The average time since the
- last episode of LOC was more than 11 years. We conclude from these
- findings that a single episode of LOC does not result in significant
- cognitive impairment in this population. Two or more episodes, however,
- are more likely to produce chronic cognitive impairment.
- DE Adolescence Adult Brain Damage, Chronic/DIAGNOSIS/*PSYCHOLOGY
- Cognition Disorders/DIAGNOSIS/*PSYCHOLOGY Cohort Studies Female Head
- Injuries, Closed/*PSYCHOLOGY Human HIV
- Seropositivity/DIAGNOSIS/PSYCHOLOGY HIV-1 Male *Neuropsychological
- Tests Recurrence Substance Abuse,
- Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/*PSYCHOLOGY/ REHABILITATION Support,
- Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE
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- SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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