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Bonito, V., Crespi, V., Defanti, C.A. et al. Some comments on the Comitato Nazionale per la Bioetica document “Definition and pronouncement of death in man”. Ital J Neuro Sci 14, 647–650 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02339251
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