Disorders of consciousness come in shades of gray, from severely impaired "vegetativestates" to the perplexing "minimally conscious state" in which people slip into and out of awareness.
This protocol has woken 43 patients from vegetative or minimally conscious states, with no major negative side effects.
这种治疗方法已经使43个植物人或最小意识状态的病人苏醒,无重大副作用。
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In comments sent by email, he said the results called for the reassessment of all patients currently in so-called "minimally conscious" or "vegetative" states.