Determining brain death-no room for error

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 879-884

  Bartscher, James F ^a   Varelas, Panayiotis N ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85000765488     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.11.pfor1-1011     Document Type: Article

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