title: Cerebral dominance for consciousness.
abstract: In a prospective study we evaluated the relationship of level of consciousness to hemispheric side of lesion following acute cerebrovascular injury. Fifty-seven percent of patients with left hemispheric lesions had initial impairment of consciousness, in contrast to 25% with right-sided damage.
mesh_terms: D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003243:Consciousness; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans