Neuropathology of prolonged unresponsive wakefulness syndrome after blunt head injury: Review of 100 post-mortem cases

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 917-923

  Jellinger, Kurt A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apallic syndrome; Blunt traumatic brain injury; Brainstem lesions; Minimal conscious state; Neuropathology; Unresponsive wakefulness; Vegetative state.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; AXONAL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHILD; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNRESPONSIVE WAKEFULNESS SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84879329935     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.793395     Document Type: Review

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