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diffuse axonal injury: a standalone construct

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widespread damage to axons throughout the brain caused by acceleration forces in head injury, defined and graded by its microscopic pathology.

In pathology, diffuse axonal injury refers to widespread damage to axons throughout the brain caused by acceleration forces in head injury, defined and graded by its microscopic pathology. This meaning comes from Adams (1989) in Histopathology.[1]

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acceleration4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs head3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs injury2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two carriers

References

Adams, J. H., Doyle, D., Ford, I., Gennarelli, T. A., Graham, D. I., & Mclellan, D. R. (1989). Diffuse axonal injury in head injury: Definition, diagnosis and grading. Histopathology, 15(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2559.1989.tb03040.x

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