The family conference: end-of-life guidelines at work for comatose patients.
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2007;68;1092-1094 Neurology Eelco F.M. Wijdicks and Alejandro A. Rabinstein The family conference: End-of-life guidelines at work for comatose patients This information is current as of October 25, 2007 http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/68/14/1092 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0028-3878. Online ISSN: 1526-632X. since 1951, it is now a weekly with 48 issues per year. Copyright © 2007 by AAN Enterprises, Inc. ® is the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Published continuously Neurology
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neurology
دوره 69 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007