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Consciousness recovery after various periods in vegetative state

Elena Aidinoffa Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana, Israel;b Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Keren Elkayama Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana, Israel
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Ana Oximitnya Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana, Israel
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Zeev Groswassera Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana, Israel;b Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Ilana Gelernterb Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Amiram Catza Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana, Israel;b Intensive Care and Consciousness Rehabilitation Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Pages 1253-1256 | Received 03 Jun 2019, Accepted 20 Jul 2020, Published online: 06 Aug 2020

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