Will time heal? A long-term follow-up of severe disorders of consciousness

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 401-408

  Steppacher, Inga ^a   Kaps, Michael ^b   Kissler, Johanna ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; KOMA REMISSION SCALE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNRESPONSIVE WAKEFULNESS SYNDROME;

EID: 84927550694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23289503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acn3.63     Document Type: Article

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