Age-Specific Characteristics of Brain Death in Children

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 999-1003

  Fackler, James C ^a   Troncoso, Juan C ^a   Gioia, Frank R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL;

EID: 0023688126     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1988.02150090097034     Document Type: Article

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