Contrast-enhanced transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of brain death

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 939-940

  Welschehold, Stefan ^a,b   Geisel, Florian ^a   Beyer, Christian ^a   Reuland, Andre ^a,b   Kerz, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Hospital Weißenfels   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84879937841     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304129     Document Type: Letter

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