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Published in: Critical Care 6/2013

01-12-2013 | Letter

Movements after the clinical diagnosis of brain death: supraspinal motor responses or spinal reflexes

Authors: Mohamed Y Rady, Joseph L Verheijde

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 6/2013

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In a recent issue of Critical Care, Wu and Orizaola Balaguer [1] hypothesized that nociceptive head turning after brain death (BD) is a spinal reflex. We argue that it can be a supraspinal response, which would invalidate a diagnosis of BD. …
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Title
Movements after the clinical diagnosis of brain death: supraspinal motor responses or spinal reflexes
Authors
Mohamed Y Rady
Joseph L Verheijde
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 6/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc13117

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