The locked-in syndrome: A challenge for therapy

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 93, 2005, Pages 213-216

  Leon Carrion J ^a   Van Eeckhout, P ^b   Dominguez Morales M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation   (Spain)

Author keywords

akinetic mutism; Locked in syndrome; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85052610401     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-27577-0_39     Document Type: Short Survey

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