Brain death: What's in a name?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1352-

  Latronico, Nicola ^a   Zamperetti, Nereo ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c   Defanti, Carlo Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FERB Centro Alzheimer   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; COMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; LETTER;

BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 46149120780     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1069-9     Document Type: Letter

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