The neurological assessment of patients in vegetative and minimally conscious states

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 214-223

  Barker, Roger A ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIAL NERVE; EYE MOVEMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUPIL;

AGE FACTORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 24344468315     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010443000344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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