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During the last 10 years a total of 2 269 patients with severe head injuries have received intensive treatment in our clinic. Eight hundred and thirty patients remained in coma longer than 24 h, and of these, 425 died. The 405 survivors were in coma I, II, or III.
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Frowein, R.A., a. d. Haar, K. (1987). Rehabilitation After Severe Head Injuries. In: Wüllenweber, R., Klinger, M., Brock, M. (eds) Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Neurosurgical Treatment of Epilepsy Rehabilitation in Neurosurgery. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71793-2_55
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