Survival and consciousness recovery are better in the minimally conscious state than in the vegetative state.

Frédéric FaugerasBenjamin RohautMélanie ValenteJacobo SittSophie DemeretFrancis BolgertNicolas WeissAlexandra GrineaClémence MaroisMarion QuirinsAthena DemertziFederico RaimondoDamien GalanaudMarie-Odile HabertDenis EngemannLouis PuybassetLionel Naccache

Published in: Brain injury (2017)

Early accurate clinical diagnosis of VS/UWS or MCS conveys a strong prognostic value of survival and of consciousness recovery.

Keyphrases

free survival
high resolution
mass spectrometry