The State of Consciousness Evaluated by electroencephalogram

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Université de Liège

The Coma Science Group (CRCyclotron, University of Liège /Liège University Hospital), led by Dr Steven Laureys, has developed, along with its partners in London, Ontario, (Canada) and Cambridge (England), a portable test which will permit a simpler and less expensive diagnosis of ‘vegetative’ patients who still have consciousness, despite the fact that they do not have the means to express it. The researchers’ conclusions are published this week in The Lancet (1), one of the most influential medical journals. http://www.ulg.ac.be