Disorders of Consciousness: Coma, Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States

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Volumn Part F958, Issue , 2011, Pages 29-55

  Gosseries, Olivia ^a   Vanhaudenhuyse, Audrey ^a   Bruno, Marie Aurélie ^a   Demertzi, Athena ^a   Schnakers, Caroline ^a   Boly, Mélanie M ^a   Maudoux, Audrey ^a   Moonen, Gustave ^a   Laureys, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Coma; Consciousness; Electrophysiology; Functional neuroimaging; Locked in syndrome; Minimally conscious state; Prognosis; Treatment; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

EID: 85165312768     PISSN: 16123018     EISSN: 21976619     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-18047-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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