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Organic mental disorders in which there is impairment of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment and to respond to environmental stimuli. Dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres or brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION may result in this condition.
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- Disorder of Consciousness
- Disorders of Consciousness
- Consciousness Disorder
- Altered Level of Consciousness
- Consciousness, Level Altered
- Consciousness, Level Depressed
- Depressed Level of Consciousness
- Semiconsciousness
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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91(75); was see under COGNITION DISORDERS 1975-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Consciousness Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003244. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003244
- Consciousness Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorder_of_consciousness
- Consciousness Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4313500