BLink to visual threat does not herald consciousness in the vegetative state

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1374-1375

  Vanhaudenhuyse, A ^a   Giacino, J ^c   Schnakers, C ^a   Kalmar, K ^c   Smart, C ^c   Bruno, M A ^a   Gosseries, O ^a   Moonen, G ^b   Laureys, S ^a,b  

^a Cyclotron Research Center   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c JFK JOHNSON REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; EYELID REFLEX; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; VEGETATIVE STAGE; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; AGED; AGGRESSION; BLINKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; BLINKING; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 55449125204     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000320110.70134.60     Document Type: Article

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