Spontaneous and reflex movements in 107 patients with brain death

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-314

  Saposnik, Gustavo ^a,b   Maurino, Jorge ^a   Saizar, Roberto ^a   Bueri, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAZARUS SIGN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MYOCLONUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANTAR RESPONSE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REFLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIPLE FLEXION REFLEX; UNDULATING TOE FLEXION RESPONSE;

EID: 14644417173     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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