Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 537-546

  Laureys, Steven ^a   Owen, Adrian M ^b   Schiff, Nicholas D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; AWARENESS; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUADRIPLEGIA;

BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 4644280204     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(04)00852-X     Document Type: Review

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