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To the Editor: The duration of survival cited for persons in a persistent vegetative state in the two-part review by the Multi-Society Task Force on PVS (May 26 and June 2 issues)¹ may not reflect the actual chances of a patient's surviving with good care. Physiologically, patients with the locked-in syndrome do not differ much from patients in a persistent vegetative state. But because the consciousness of the former is intact, their care givers may treat them very differently.

My colleagues and I followed a cohort of 27 persons who remained in the locked-in state for more than one year.² . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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