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Methodological and Technical Problems in the Confirmation of Brain Death by Evoked Potentials

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A number of clinical criteria have been established and internationally accepted as sufficient to document total loss of brain function which can be equated to the death of the individual [1,8].

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  1. Universitäts-Nervenklinik Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Germany

    W. F. Haupt

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  1. Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 9, D-5000, Köln 41, Germany

    Reinhold A. Frowein

  2. Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, Germany

    Mario Brock

  3. Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6 (Kopfklinikum), D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    Margareta Klinger

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Haupt, W.F. (1989). Methodological and Technical Problems in the Confirmation of Brain Death by Evoked Potentials. In: Frowein, R.A., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Head Injuries. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74279-8_45

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