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Original Article

The sensory modality assessment and rehabilitation technique (SMART): a valid and reliable assessment for vegetative state and minimally conscious state patients

H. Gill-Thwaites Occupational Therapy Department, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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R. Munday Occupational Therapy Department, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London, UK
Pages 1255-1269 | Received 24 May 2003, Accepted 29 Apr 2004, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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