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Descriptor English:
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Persistent Vegetative State
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Estado Vegetativo Persistente
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Estado Vegetativo Persistente
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Synonyms English:
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Vegetative State, Persistent
Minimally Conscious State
Permanent Vegetative State
Post-Traumatic Vegetative State
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Tree Number:
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C10.228.140.140.627
C10.597.606.358.800.400
C23.888.592.604.359.800.400
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Definition English:
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Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles, autonomic control, and breathing) persist, but awareness (including all cognitive function and emotion) is abolished. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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see also AKINETIC MUTISM
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See Related English:
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Akinetic Mutism
Coma
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History Note English:
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1995; VEGETATIVE STATE was see COMA 1980-1994
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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32090
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Unique Identifier:
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D018458
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Occurrence in VHL:
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