title: Monographic section: clinical, bioethical and experimental considerations behind the study of coma patients. Preface.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e Neuroscienze, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. E-mail: enrico.alleva@iss.it.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alleva
authors.forename: Luca Tommaso
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Bonsignore
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiarotti
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macrì
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petrini
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans