A misdiagnosed patient: 16 Years of locked-in syndrome, the influence of rehabilitation

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Lukowicz, Malgorzata ^a   Matuszak, Katarzyna ^a   Talar, Anna ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alpha coma; Brain tumor; Coma vigilante; Locked in syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSIC THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPEECH THERAPY; TERMINAL DISEASE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION THERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 76049125894     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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