The vegetative and minimally conscious states: A comparison of clinical features and functional outcome

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 36-51

  Giacino, Joseph T ^a   Kalmar, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a JFK JOHNSON REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030764850     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-199708000-00005     Document Type: Article

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