Terminology in evolution: Caveats, conundrums and controversies

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-292

  Zasler, Nathan D ^a,b,c  

^a Tree of Life LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Med Psychol Rehab Neuropsychol   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Minimally conscious state; Nomenclature; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COMA; CONSENSUS; EVOLUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; REVIEW;

EID: 13444291416     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2004-19404     Document Type: Review

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