The vegetative state: A syndrome seeking revision

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1628-1629

  Dolce, Giuliano ^a   Sannita, Walter G ^b,c  

^a S Anna Institute and RAN Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149421476     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.523055     Document Type: Letter

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