Undulating toe movements in brain death

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 723-727

  Saposnik, Gustavo ^a,b   Maurino J ^a   Saizar, R ^a   Bueri, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abnormal movements; Brain death; Cerebral death; Intracranial hemorrhage; Involuntary movements; Lazarus' sign; Myokymia; Spinal reflexes; Triple flexion response; Undulating toe flexion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; BLOOD GAS; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFLEX; SPINAL REFLEX; STANDARDIZATION; TOE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; APNEA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX; TOES;

EID: 9344252784     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00945.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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