Practice Current: When do you order ancillary tests to determine brain death?
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- Received February 7, 2018
- Accepted April 11, 2018
- First Published May 23, 2018.
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- Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and
- James L. Bernat, MD
- Nathaniel M. Robbins, MD and
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(1) Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Disease, Oxford University Press, 2016
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(1) Clinical trial and travel support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals for their clinic trial of VX-150 for small fiber neuropathy (2) Market Research Honoraria from Compass Inc.
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Vertex Pharmaceutical (see above)
1. Department of State Fulbright Research Scholarship, PI, 2017-2018
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1. Hitchcock Foundation 2. Dartmouth Diamond Endowment Fund
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- James L. Bernat, MD
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Dr. Robbins Nathaniel.M.Robbins{at}dartmouth.edu
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- Author Response: Practice Current: When do you order ancillary tests to determine brain death?Nathaniel M. Robbins and James L. BernatPublished July 06, 2018
- Reader Response: Ancillary tests in brain death confirmationCalixto Machado and Mario EstévezPublished June 12, 2018
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