Predicting neurologic outcomes after cardiac arrest: The crystal ball becomes cloudy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages A5-A6

  Josephson, S Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ALGORITHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LIVING WILL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 77950546578     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22017     Document Type: Editorial

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