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Results 1 - 7 of 7 for Brain death
  1. Heart transplant - series (image) 
    ... is obtained from a donor who has suffered brain death but remains on life-support. The healthy heart ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100086_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Shaken baby symptoms (image) 
    ... hemorrhage). This can easily lead to permanent, severe brain damage or death. If a child has this injury there are ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9013.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Periventricular leukomalacia (image) 
    ... injury. PVL actually represent small "holes" in the brain due to the death of small areas of brain tissue around the normal fluid-filled cavities of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19867.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. CSF oligoclonal banding - series (image) 
    ... with increased intracranial pressure), which can result in brain damage and/or death. Damage to the spinal cord (particularly ithe patient ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100145_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Cerebral aneurysm (image) 
    ... brain) aneurysm ruptures, the escaping blood within the brain may cause severe neurologic complications or death. A person who has a ruptured cerebral aneurysm ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17031.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Poliomyelitis (image) 
    ... incidence. Clinical polio affects the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Disability is more common than death.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17274.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (image) 
    ... protein-like particle called a prion. Loss of brain function resembles Alzheimer's disease, but is very rapid in progression. Complete dementia usually occurs by the sixth month, death follows quickly. There is no known cure.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17146.htm - Medical Encyclopedia