Recent advances in the development of practice parameters: The vegetative state

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-87

  Rosenberg, Jay ^a   Ashwal, Stephen ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Outcomes; Practice parameter; Standards; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

COMA; HUMAN; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030050085     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1053-8135(95)00150-6     Document Type: Review

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