Transcranial Doppler Assessment of Brain Death in Children

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 247-250

  Qian, S Y ^a   Fan, X M ^a   Yin, H H ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Retrograde diastolic flow (RDF); Transcranial doppler (TCD) brain death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; COMA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0032088335     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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