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Further references to Persistent Vegetative State

Source: Diseases Database

Source: Diseases Database

Source: Office of Rare Diseases

Persistent Vegetative State is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Persistent Vegetative State, or a subtype of Persistent Vegetative State, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.

Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Source: Other References

Plum, F.
Disturbances of Consciousness and Arousal In Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th edition, W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, pp. 2048-2063 (1992)

Harris, J, and Berger, J.
Clinical Approach to Stupor and Coma Chapter 5 in Neurology in Clinical Practice, Vol. 1, Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, pp. 43-63 (1991) (Source: excerpt from NINDS Coma Information Page: NINDS)


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