Hypoglycemia, functional brain failure, and brain death

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 868-870

  Cryer, Philip E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NEURONS;

EID: 34147133340     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI31669     Document Type: Note

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