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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A persistent state of altered consciousness, in which the patient appears alert intermittently (i.e., demonstrates a sleep-wake cycle) but is not responsive, although the descending motor pathways appear intact.  2, record 1, English, - akinetic%20mutism

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Unlike the appearance in ordinary coma, the eyes remain open, may be turned toward large objects, or may follow the examiner. The patient is incontinent of bowel and bladder and displays no emotional response to pain. He can swallow but has to be fed.  3, record 1, English, - akinetic%20mutism

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

akinetic mutism: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.  4, record 1, English, - akinetic%20mutism

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Mutisme associé à une absence de mouvements et de la parole sans atteinte des voies motrices et à une incontinence sphinctérienne, avec persistence des mouvements oculaires et de la déglutition, qui s'observe dans les lésions des deux lobes frontaux.  2, record 1, French, - mutisme%20akin%C3%A9tique

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish