Is there a Cartesian renaissance of the mind or is it time for a new taxonomy for low responsive states?

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2328-2331

  Pistoia, Francesca ^a   Sarà, Marco ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

initially conscious state; locked in overlap; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; QUADRIPLEGIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860527973     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1257     Document Type: Review

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