From unresponsive wakefulness to minimally conscious PLUS and functional locked-in syndromes: Recent advances in our understanding of disorders of consciousness

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1373-1384

  Bruno, Marie Aurélie ^a   Vanhaudenhuyse, Audrey ^a   Thibaut, Aurore ^a   Moonen, Gustave ^a   Laureys, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coma; Consciousness; Locked in syndrome; Minimally conscious state; Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMA; COMA NEAR COMA SCALE; COMA RECOVERY SCALE REVISED; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRYING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS SCALE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS SCALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW LIEGE SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; INNSBRUCK COMA SCALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; LOEWENSTEIN COMMUNICATION SCALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REACTION LEVEL SCALE; SENSORY MODALITY ASSESSMENT AND REHABILITATION TECHNIQUE; SENSORY STIMULATION ASSESSMENT MEASURE; STIMULUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNRESPONSIVE WAKEFULNESS SYNDROME; WAKEFULNESS; WESSEX HEAD INJURY MATRIX; WESTERN NEURO SENSORY STIMULATION PROFILE;

CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; QUADRIPLEGIA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79961026623     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6114-x     Document Type: Article

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