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BO Berno U. H. Overbeek
HE Henk J. Eilander
JL Jan C. M. Lavrijsen
RK Raymond T. C. M. Koopmans
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Papers were selected if they met one or more of the following inclusion criteria: (1) VP and VF were discussed, either described as DOC in general or described as UWS/VS and/or MCS; (2) the etiology of UWS/VS and MCS was brain injury caused by an acute incident; (3) discussion of the operational definition of VP and/or VF; (4) discussion of different assessment methods; (5) use of an assessment scale testing VP and/or VF; (6) discussion of assessment items of either VP and/or VF; and (7) discussion of influencing factors on visual responses in the assessment of DOC. Papers were excluded if DOC was caused by neurodegenerative diseases and if VP and VF were discussed in patients without DOC.

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