Abstract
The minor head injury syndrome (MHIS) involves injury to the head which results in a contusion of the brain—without skull fracture or major hemorrhage—followed weeks to months later by debilitating psychiatric manifestations.
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Duckett, S., Duckett, S. (1993). The Neuropathology of the Minor Head Injury Syndrome. In: Mandel, S., Sataloff, R.T., Schapiro, S.R. (eds) Minor Head Trauma. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4366-3_2
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