Evidence of persisting cognitive impairment in a case series of patients with locked-in syndrome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-170

  Rousseaux, M ^a   Castelnot, E ^b   Rigaux, P ^c   Kozlowski, O ^a   Danze F ^c  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Institut du Handicap de Berck sur mer (IHB)   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; LOGIC; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL MEMORY; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60249099828     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.128686     Document Type: Article

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