Disorders of consciousness: Differential diagnosis and neuropathologic features

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Giacino, Joseph T ^a,b,c  

^a New Jersey Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JFK JOHNSON REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Consciousness; Minimally conscious state; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030906389     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1040919     Document Type: Article

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