Chronic 'brain death': Meta-analysis and conceptual consequences

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1538-1545

  Shewmon, D Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0031702524     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.6.1538     Document Type: Article

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