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Physical and intellectual recovery following prolonged hypoxic coma.
Prolonged coma resulting from hypoxic brain injury is usually associated with a dismal chance of return to independent existence. In this report a case is described of a 60 year old man who recovered and returned to work as a university professor after being in a vegetative state at least 8 weeks after a prolonged cerebral hypoxic event.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.31.1.98