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Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a new name for the vegetative state or apallic syndrome
BACKGROUND: Some patients awaken from coma (that is, open the eyes) but remain unresponsive (that is, only showing reflex movements without response to command). This syndrome has been coined vegetative state. We here present a new name for this challenging neurological condition: unresponsive wakef...
Autores principales: | Laureys, Steven, Celesia, Gastone G, Cohadon, Francois, Lavrijsen, Jan, León-Carrión, José, Sannita, Walter G, Sazbon, Leon, Schmutzhard, Erich, von Wild, Klaus R, Zeman, Adam, Dolce, Giuliano |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987895/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21040571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-8-68 |
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