Vegetative state, minimally conscious state, akinetic mutism and parkinsonism as a continuum of recovery from disorders of consciousness: An exploratory and preliminary study

Functional Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-24

  Formisano, Rita ^a   D'Ippolito, Mariagrazia ^a   Risetti, Monica ^a   Riccio, Angela ^a   Caravasso, Chiara Falletta ^a   Catani, Sheila ^a   Rizza, Federica ^a   Forcina, Antonio ^b   Buzzi, Maria Gabriella ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disorders of consciousness; Evaluation scales; Minimally conscious state; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMA RECOVERY SCALE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; PARKINSONISM; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POST COMA SCALE; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AKINETIC MUTISM; BRAIN INJURIES; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 79959669400     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: 19713274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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