Recommendations for use of uniform nomenclature pertinent to patients with severe alterations in consciousness

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 205-209

  American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMENCLATURE;

AKINETIC MUTISM; COMA; HUMAN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; TERMINOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0028870285     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(95)80031-X     Document Type: Article

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