THE PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE – GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
The persistent vegetative state is a clinical condition of complete unawareness of the self and the environment accompanied by sleep-wake cycles with either complete or partial preservation of hypothalamic and brainstem autonomic functions. It usually follows the coma and it means that due to extens...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Romanian Journal of Neurology |
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| Online Access: | https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_NEUROLOGY/Revista_Romana_de_NEUROLOGIE-2011-Nr.3/RJN_2011_3_Art-04.pdf |