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Brainstem or entire brain-based declaration of death: is there a difference?
- Correspondence to Dr Panayiotis N Varelas, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, K-11, 2799 West Grand Blvd, Detroit MI 48202, USA; varelas{at}neuro.hfh.edu
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Brainstem or entire brain-based declaration of death: is there a difference?
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- Accepted February 2, 2016
- First published February 23, 2016.
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March 15, 2016
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