Recovery From Vegetative State: A Four-Years Follow Up
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Recovery From Vegetative State: A Four-Years Follow Up
Although the general observation that the longer the duration of the vegetative state, the lower the probability of emerging from it remains true, reports of late improvement are ever more common in the literature. The aim of this study was to verify evolution from Vegetative State in a group of inpatients in a Neurorehabilitation facility and to identify the parameters increasing the likelihoo...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS)
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2372-5060,2372-5079
DOI: 10.15640/ijhs.v3n1a13