Minimally conscious state vs persistent vegetative state: The case of Terry (Wallis) vs the case of Terri (Schiavo)

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1155-1158

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMA; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33748167981     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.9.1155     Document Type: Editorial

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