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Radionuclide Evaluation of Brain Death in the Post-McMath Era

Lionel S. Zuckier
Journal of Nuclear Medicine October 2016, 57 (10) 1560-1568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.116.174037
Lionel S. Zuckier
The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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vol. 57 no. 10 1560-1568
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.116.174037
PubMed 
27516449

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0161-5505
Online ISSN 
2159-662X
History 
  • Received for publication May 23, 2016
  • Accepted for publication August 8, 2016
  • Published online October 3, 2016.

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  1. Lionel S. Zuckier
  1. The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Lionel S. Zuckier, Division of Nuclear Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6. E-mail: lzuckier{at}toh.on.ca
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