Coma

Practical Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

BRAIN; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949325772     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.200097     Document Type: Article

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