Accuracy of diagnosis of persistent vegetative state

Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 1465-1467

  Childs, Nancy L ^a   Mercer, Walt N ^b   Childs, Helen W ^b  

^a Healthcare Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0027324006     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.43.8.1465     Document Type: Article

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