Outcome of persistent vegetative state following hypoxic or traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 94-100

  Heindl, U T ^a   Laub, M C ^a,b  

^a Behandlungszentrum Vogtareuth   (Germany)

^b Abteilung Neuropädiatrie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebral hypoxia; Children; Epilepsy; Ischemia; Persistent vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029927109     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973756     Document Type: Article

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