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Brain Death

Known as: brain deaths, death brain, Brain Dead 
A state of prolonged irreversible cessation of all brain activity, including lower brain stem function with the complete absence of voluntary… 
National Institutes of Health

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BrainCessation of lifeIn Bloodlegislation & jurisprudence

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2010
2010
Welsh citizens in south-eastern Spain: a study of attitude toward organ donation.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Primary health care personnel faced with cadaveric organ donation: a multicenter study in south‐eastern Spain
Abstract:  Introduction:  Primary health care (PHC) is the first point of contact between the public and the health system and it… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Complications of Brain Death: Frequency and Impact on Organ Retrieval
Brain death is associated with complex hemodynamic, endocrine, and metabolic dysfunction that can lead to major complications… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Chronic allograft failure: the clinical problem.
1994
1994
The use of arterial allografts for vascular reconstruction in patients receiving immunosuppression for organ transplantation.
Review
1991
Review
1991
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and death: a spectrum of etiologies.
Review
1989
Review
1989
Brain life and brain death--the anencephalic as an explanatory example. A contribution to transplantation.
The current debate regarding the suitability of anencephalics as organ donors is due primarily to misunderstandings. The… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The cardiac donor: a six-year experience.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
IS THYROTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE AN ENDOGENOUS ERGOTROPIC SUBSTANCE IN THE BRAIN?
Review
1975
Review
1975
The Status of Cardiac Transplantation, 1975
Since December 1967, 263 human cardiac transplant operations have been performed throughout the world. Eighty-two of these were… 
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