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| Persistent Vegetative State Minimally Conscious State | Permanent Vegetative State | Post-Traumatic Vegetative State | Vegetative State, Persistent | PVS (Persistent Vegetative State) | Persistent Unawareness State | Post-Comatose Unawareness State | Vegetative State Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles, autonomic control, and breathing) persist, but awareness (including all cognitive function and emotion) is abolished. | |
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