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Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Brain Death

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2019

Canadian Neurocritical Care Group
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 64 - 66
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 1999

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