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

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:
disorders of consciousness
misdiagnosis
locked-in syndrome
unresponsive wakefulness syndrome
MRI
PET
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00671/full

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