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Disease
Persistent Vegetative State
Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging research
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Publications
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Clinical trials
2024
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betaRecent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.
Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness.
Research2024-08-01The New England journal of medicine
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Clinical trials
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Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.
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Major themes4
- Brain Injuries1
- Consciousness Disorders1
- Dissociative Disorders1
- Persistent Vegetative State1
Leading journals1
- The New England journal of medicine1
Leading researchers8
- Allanson J1
- Bagiella E1
- Bodien YG1
- Bonhomme A1
- Cardone P1
- Carmona J1
- Chatelle C1
- Chennu S1
Affiliations (unnormalised)1
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (Y.G.B.1
Reference
Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.
Defined in MeSH
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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- Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
- Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
- Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.