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What tools can we use to diagnosis concussion?

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What tools can we use to diagnosis concussion?

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After you have a concussion, fluid leaks out of the brain. In this video, Walter J. Koroshetz, MD, director of the NINDS, discusses why this happens and which medical tools are used to spot this injury.

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