Visual pursuit in the severe disorder of consciousness

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1149-1154

  Dolce, Giuliano ^a   Lucca, Lucia F ^a   Candelieri, Antonio ^a,b   Rogano, Stefania ^a   Pignolo, Loris ^a   Sannita, Walter G ^c,d  

^a S Anna Institute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consciousness; minimally conscious state; outcome; prognosis; vegetative state; visual tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 79960514565     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1405     Document Type: Article

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