Spinal shock and 'brain death': Somatic pathophysiological equivalence and implications for the integrative-unity rationale

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-324

  Shewmon, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Integrative functions; Organism as a whole; Somatic integrative unity; Spinal cord injury; Spinal shock

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFARCTION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FORAMEN MAGNUM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 0033023947     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100836     Document Type: Review

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