Medical Aspects of the Persistent Vegetative State
- 26 May 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 330 (21), 1499-1508
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199405263302107
Abstract
This consensus statement of the Multi-Society Task Force summarizes current knowledge of the medical aspects of the persistent vegetative state in adults and children.This publication has 74 references indexed in Scilit:
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