The ABC of PVS: Problems of definition

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 550, Issue , 2004, Pages 215-228

  Shewmon, D Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 1842450297     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-306-48526-8_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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