Are non-heart-beating donors really dead?

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 473-475

  Sainio, Kimmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYSTOLE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; FINLAND; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0031410527     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899709007470     Document Type: Editorial

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