The neuropathology of the vegetative state after head injury
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The neuropathology of the vegetative state after head injury.
A detailed neuropathological study of patients identified clinically after head injury as either severely disabled (SD, n = 30) or vegetative (VS, n = 35) has been carried out to determine the nature and frequency of the various pathologies that form the basis of these clinical states. Patients who were SD were older (SD median 49.5 yrs vs. VS median 38 yrs, p = .04), more likely to have a luci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.11.804