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Technology in Caring for Traumatic Brain Injury: Does What Make Sense Really Do?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Alexis F. Turgeon  and
François Lauzier
Alexis F. Turgeon
Affiliation:
Québec City, Québec, Canada
François Lauzier
Affiliation:
Québec City, Québec, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 39 , Issue 5 , September 2012 , pp. 564 - 565
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