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Case Reports
. 1990 May;66(775):384-6.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.66.775.384.

Physical and intellectual recovery following prolonged hypoxic coma

R H Falk  1
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Case Reports

Physical and intellectual recovery following prolonged hypoxic coma

R H Falk. Postgrad Med J. 1990 May.

Abstract

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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