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Multimodality Evoked Potentials in the Confirmation of Brain Death

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The way to diagnose brain death still varies according to local legislation. While nearly all countries agree on the prerequisites and the clinical brain death criteria, there are still discrepancies concerning the choice of a confirmatory test.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent (Head) (Head)

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Guérit, J.M., Hantson, P. (2001). Multimodality Evoked Potentials in the Confirmation of Brain Death. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2001. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2001, vol 2001. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59467-0_34

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