Electroencephalographic Activity After Brain Death

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1987, Pages 948-954

  Grigg, Madeleine M ^a   Kelly, Michael A ^a   Celesia, Gastone G ^a   Ghobrial, Mona W ^a   Ross, Emanuel R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 0023239887     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1987.00520210048018     Document Type: Article

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