A review of ancillary tests in evaluating brain death

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-419

  Heran, Manraj K S ^a   Heran, Navraj S ^b   Shemie, Sam D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; XENON;

ANCILLARY TEST; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 45149129019     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100009069     Document Type: Review

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