Persistent vegetative state in Alzheimer disease: Does it exist?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1382-1384

  Volicer, Ladislav ^a,b   Berman, Stephen A ^c   Cipolloni, Patsy B ^a,b   Mandell, Alan ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE;

EID: 0030810278     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550230051016     Document Type: Article

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