The assessment of conscious awareness in the vegetative state

The Neurology of Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 163-172

  Owen, Adrian M ^a   Schiff, Nicholas D ^b   Laureys, Steven ^c,d  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University Hospital CHU   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 79959650014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374168-4.00013-7     Document Type: Chapter

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