Global Disorders of Consciousness

The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 589-604

  Schiff, Nicholas D ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain function; Cerebral injuries; Cognition; Conscious state; Global disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549085017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470751466.ch47     Document Type: Chapter

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