Persistent vegetative state

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9080, 1997, Pages 795-799

  Zeman, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030931459     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)06447-7     Document Type: Review

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