The minimally conscious state: Definition and diagnostic criteria

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-353

  Giacino, Joseph T ^a   Ashwal, S ^a   Childs, N ^a   Cranford, R ^a   Jennett, B ^a   Katz, D I ^a   Kelly, J P ^a   Rosenberg, J H ^a   Whyte, J ^a   Zafonte, R D ^a   Zasler, N D ^a  

^a JFK JOHNSON REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRYING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NOCICEPTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOUND DETECTION; SYMPTOM; VISION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037065807     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.3.349     Document Type: Article

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