Does the FOUR score correctly diagnose the vegetative and minimally conscious states? [1]

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 744-745

  Schnakers, Caroline ^a   Giacino, Joseph ^b   Kalmar, Kathleen ^b   Pitet, Sonia ^a   Lopez, Eduardo ^b   Boly, Mélanie ^a   Malone, Richard ^b   Laureys, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b New Jersey Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; BRAIN INJURY; COMA RECOVERY SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS SCALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845974858     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20919     Document Type: Letter

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