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Response to Lewis A: Reconciling the Case of Jahi Mcmath

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  1. Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, 29 y D, Vedado, 10400, Havana, Cuba

    Calixto Machado & Mario Estévez

  2. International Brain Research Foundation, Flanders, NJ, USA

    Phillip A. DeFina

  3. The National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nazareth, Israel

    Gerry Leisman

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  1. Calixto Machado
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Dr. Calixto Machado contributed to original idea, writing, discussion and also first and corresponding author. Dr. Mario Estevez, Dr. Phillip A. DeFina, Dr. Gerry Leisman contributed to reviewing and discussion.

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This article is commentary to the article http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12028-018-0603-z.

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Machado, C., Estévez, M., DeFina, P.A. et al. Response to Lewis A: Reconciling the Case of Jahi Mcmath. Neurocrit Care 29, 521–522 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-018-0602-0

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