FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 331:1378-1380 November 17, 1994 Number 20 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited Related Article by Kinney, H. C. Related Article by The Multi-Society Task Force on PVS PubMed Citation

To the Editor: The report on the neuropathological findings in the brain of Karen Ann Quinlan (May 26 issue)¹ proposes a role for the thalamus in the persistent vegetative state. However, we are concerned about the methods used and the interpretation of the data and wish to bring some major points to your attention.

The light-microscopical analysis of representative sections of different regions in the brain was based entirely on qualitative assessments and reported various degrees of atrophy in different cortical regions and thalamic nuclei. Qualitative studies may be useful and adequate in some instances, but they are questionable in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Adams, J. H., Graham, D. I., Jennett, B. (2000). The neuropathology of the vegetative state after an acute brain insult. Brain 123: 1327-1338 [Abstract] [Full Text]