Brain death: Time for an international consensus

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Smith, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA INDEX; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84855249591     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer355     Document Type: Editorial

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