Locked-In Syndrome
GLOSSARY
A diagnosis where patients are conscious with intact cognition, but no motor (except blinking) & verbal abilities due to bilateral ventral pontine lesions.
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Reference:
Plum, F. & Posner, J.B. (1966). The diagnosis of stupor and coma. Philadelphia: FA Davis.