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Review
. 2005 Feb 19;330(7488):406-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7488.406.

Locked-in syndrome

Eimear Smith  1 , Mark Delargy
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Review

Locked-in syndrome

Eimear Smith et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
AEIOU alphabet board. The assistant calls out the colours and the patient signals the required colour by an upward eye movement. The assistant then sequentially calls out the letters on that line. The chosen letters are written down to formulate a sentence, question, or statement.
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