To live and let die: A brain death symposium at the Pontifical Academy of Science

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-229

  Estol, Conrado J ^a  

^a Neurological Center for Treatment and Research   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; COMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ARREST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EVENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCIENCE; SYMPOSIUM;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BRAIN DEATH; CATHOLICISM; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RELIGION AND SCIENCE; VATICAN CITY;

EID: 34547115477     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2007.00133.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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