Persistent vegetative state and brain stem death

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 502-505

  Bates, D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030813177     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199712000-00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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