A definition of irreversible coma. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to Examine the Definition of Brain Death

scientific article published on 01 August 1968

A definition of irreversible coma. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to Examine the Definition of Brain Death is …
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P433issue6
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectcomaQ159557
P304page(s)337-340
P577publication date1968-08-01
P1433published inThe Journal of the American Medical AssociationQ1470970
P1476titleA definition of irreversible coma. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to Examine the Definition of Brain Death
P478volume205

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