Late recovery from permanent traumatic vegetative state heralded by event-related potentials [7]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 998-1000

  Faran, S ^a   Vatine, J J ^b   Lazary, A ^b   Ohry, A ^c   Birbaumer, N ^d   Kotchoubey, Boris ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; TIME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746273205     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.076554     Document Type: Letter

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