A new index of agonal state for neurological disease

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 672-675

  Sherwood, K ^a,b   Head, M ^b   Walker, R ^c   Smith, C ^c   Ironside, J W ^b   Fazakerley, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; RNA;

AGONAL STATE; AGONAL STATE INDEX SCORE; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMA; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH;

BRAIN; HUMANS; RNA; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 80052364833     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01163.x     Document Type: Letter

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