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A case of absent brainstem responses with electroencephalographic activity

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  1. Kazufumi Okamoto

    Present address: Division of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Honjo, 860, Kumamoto City, Japan

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  1. Division of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Honjo, 860, Kumamoto City, Japan

    Hirofumi Hata, Mitsuro Kurose, Toshihide Sato & Kenichi Ogata

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Okamoto, K., Hata, H., Kurose, M. et al. A case of absent brainstem responses with electroencephalographic activity. J Anesth 7, 516–519 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054030070516

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