Brain death in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-293

  Banasiak, Kenneth J ^a   Lister, George ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0038290197     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200306000-00011     Document Type: Review

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