A critical analysis of conceptual domains of the vegetative state: Sorting fact from fancy

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-347

  Shewmon, D Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Cortex; Pain; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 13444292213     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2004-19411     Document Type: Review

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