Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a new name for the vegetative state or apallic syndrome

European Task Force on Disorders of Consciousness, the; Laureys, Steven; G. Celesia, Gastone; Cohadon, F; C. M. Lavrijsen, Jan; León‐Carrión, José; G. Sannita, Walter; Sazbon, Leon; Schmutzhard, Erich; RH von Wild, Klaus; Zeman, Adam; Dolce, G

doi:10.1186/1741-7015-8-68

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Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a new name for the vegetative state or apallic syndrome

Published in BMC Medicine • Nov 1, 2010

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the European Task Force on Disorders of Consciousness

Steven Laureys

Gastone G. Celesia

Abstract

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...

Subject

Medicine

Wakefulness

Minimally conscious state

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