Consciousness Disorders
"Consciousness Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D003244
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.358 C23.888.592.604.359 F01.700.315 F03.615.300
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Dowd MD, Jain S. Acute Mental Status Changes in Children. Pediatr Ann. 2019 May 01; 48(5):e190-e191.