Trends in donation after cardiac death and donation after brain death-reading between the lines

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2390-2391

  Skaro, A I ^a   Jay, C L ^a   Ladner, D ^a   Abecassis, M M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BRAIN DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR; EDITORIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 78349273293     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03299.x     Document Type: Editorial

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