The prognostic value of evoked responses from primary somatosensory and auditory cortex in comatose patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1615-1627

  Logi, F ^a,b   Fischer, C ^a   Murri, L ^b   Mauguiere F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coma; Middle latency auditory evoked potentials; Outcome prediction; Post anoxic coma; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0042388482     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00086-5     Document Type: Article

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