Accuracy of clinical evaluation in the determination of brain death

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-206

  Flowers Jr , W Mel ^a   Patel, Bharti R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; RELIABILITY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0343938544     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200002000-00010     Document Type: Article

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