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. 2006 Mar 14;174(6):S1-13.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.045142.

Severe brain injury to neurological determination of death: Canadian forum recommendations

[Article in English, French]
Sam D Shemie  1 , Christopher Doig, Bernard Dickens, Paul Byrne, Brian Wheelock, Graeme Rocker, Andrew Baker, T Peter Seland, Cameron Guest, Dan Cass, Rosella Jefferson, Kimberly Young, Jeanne Teitelbaum; Pediatric Reference Group; Neonatal Reference Group
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Severe brain injury to neurological determination of death: Canadian forum recommendations

[Article in English, French]
Sam D Shemie et al. CMAJ. .
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