Temperature and brain death determination: need for updated criteria
Neurology International, 2010 For an excellent review on the diagnosis of brain death, the interested reader is directed to the review of Machado appearing in this journal; the author reviews all aspects of brain death and cites nine different references where the minimum temperature
Michael A. Meyer
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Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose Sparing pharyngeal constrictor muscles (PCMs) during radiotherapy improves patient‐reported swallowing function. This study aimed to explore the feasibility of integrating knowledge‐based planning (KBP) with multicriteria optimization (MCO) in Eclipse v18.0 to selectively spare PCM, quantify the required trade‐off in prophylactic ...
Laura K. Howard +3 more
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ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY, WIGAN. FRACTURE OF THE ORBITAL PLATE OF FRONTAL BONE, AND PERFORARION INTO LATERAL VENTRICLE OF BRAIN ; DEATH ; NECROPSY; REMARKS [PDF]
, 1884 John M. Jackson
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Brain death and Islam: the interface of religion, culture, history, law, and modern medicine.
Chest, 2014 How one defines death may vary. It is important for clinicians to recognize those aspects of a patient's religious beliefs that may directly influence medical care and how such practices may interface with local laws governing the determination of death.
Andrew C. Miller +2 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT C‐truncating variants in the charged multivesicular body protein 2B (CHMP2B) gene are a rare cause of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), previously identified only in Denmark, Belgium, and China. We report a novel CHMP2B splice‐site variant (c.35‐1G>A) associated with familial FTLD in Spain. The cases were two monozygotic male twins who
Sara Rubio‐Guerra +17 more
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Imbalance of p75(NTR)/TrkB protein expression in Huntington's disease: Implication for neuroprotective therapies [PDF]
, 2013 Neuroprotective therapies based on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) administration have been proposed for Huntington's disease (HD) treatment. However, our group has recently reported reduced levels of TrkB in HD mouse models and HD human brain ...
Alberch, J. +5 more
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Physicians’ Belief about Organ Donation
International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, 2011 Background: Several studies have suggested that knowledge, attitudes and determinants concerning or¬gan donation are influenced by many factors including gender, educational level, occupation, sociodemo¬graphic status, income level, culture and religion.
A. Al-Marzoaki +2 more
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CARIES OF FIRST LUMBAR VERTEBRA; INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANES OF THE CORD EXTENDING TO THE BRAIN; DEATH BY COMA. [PDF]
, 1872 Henry Brietzcke
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HPDL Variant Type Correlates With Clinical Disease Onset and Severity
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Recently, a mitochondrial encephalopathy due to biallelic HPDL variants was described, associated with a broad range of clinical manifestations ranging from severe, infantile‐onset neurodegeneration to adolescence‐onset hereditary spastic paraplegia. HPDL converts 4‐hydroxyphenylpyruvate acid (4‐HPPA) into 4‐hydroxymandelate (4‐HMA),
Eun Hye Lee +19 more
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On Evolution of God-Seeking Mind: An Inquiry Into Why Natural Selection Would Favor Imagination and Distortion of Sensory Experience [PDF]
, 2002 The earliest known products of human imagination appear to express a primordial concern and struggle with thoughts of dying and of death and mortality.
Montell, Conrad
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