Title: Computed Tomographic Findings in Akinetic Mutism
Abstract: • Brain-injured children who progress from coma to a sleeplike state of akinetic mutism are often misinterpreted by their parents as having improved. In children with akinetic mutism caused by extensive destruction of the cerebral gray matter, the computed tomographic scan may demonstrate the irreversible nature of the pathologic changes. (<i>AJDC</i>1984;138:166-167)
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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