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. 2014 Aug 11:8:616.
doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00616. eCollection 2014.

Sensory stimulation for patients with disorders of consciousness: from stimulation to rehabilitation

Carlo Abbate  1 , Pietro D Trimarchi  2 , Isabella Basile  2 , Anna Mazzucchi  2 , Guya Devalle  2
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Sensory stimulation for patients with disorders of consciousness: from stimulation to rehabilitation

Carlo Abbate et al. Front Hum Neurosci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: (un)consciousness; cognitive rehabilitation; disorders of consciousness (DOC); minimally conscious state (MCS); neuropsychological rehabilitation; sensory stimulation (SS); vegetative state (VS).

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