Conscious While Being Considered in an Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome for 20 Years

Despite recent advances in our understanding of consciousness disorders, accurate diagnosis of severely brain-damaged patients is still a major clinical challenge. We here present the case of a patient who was considered in an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/vegetative state for 20 years. Repeated...

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Main Authors: Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Vanessa Charland-Verville, Aurore Thibaut, Camille Chatelle, Jean-Flory L. Tshibanda, Audrey Maudoux, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Steven Laureys, Olivia Gosseries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
MRI
PET
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00671/full