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Loss of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment combined with markedly reduced responsiveness to environmental stimuli. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp344-5)
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- Consciousness, Loss of
- Unconscious State
- Loss of Consciousness
- State, Unconscious
- Unconscious States
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY), unconscious behavior or "the unconscious" in psychol
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- National Library of Medicine. Unconsciousness. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014474. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014474
- Unconsciousness. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconsciousness
- Unconsciousness. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12829165