Rehabilitative management of patients with disorders of consciousness: Grand rounds

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-265

  Giacino, Joseph T ^a,b,c   Trott, Charlotte T ^a  

^a JFK JOHNSON REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c New Jersey Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Diagnosis; Minimally conscious state; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PHENYTOIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; STANDARD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2542622799     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-200405000-00006     Document Type: Article

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