Blink and you live: The locked-in syndrome;Le Locked-In Syndrome : la conscience emmurée

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-335

  Bruno, M A ^a   Pellas, F ^b   Schnakers, C ^a   Van Eeckhout, P ^c   Bernheim, J ^d   Pantke, K H ^e   Damas, F ^f   Faymonville, M E ^g   Moonen, G ^a   Goldman, S ^h   Laureys, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f Centre Hospitalier Regional de La Citadelle   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coma; Consciousness; Locked In syndrome; Palliative care; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BRAIN METABOLISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; BLINKING; DISEASE COURSE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PTOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RIGHT TO DIE;

BLEPHAROPTOSIS; BLINKING; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RIGHT TO DIE;

EID: 46149096038     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2007.12.010     Document Type: Review

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