RR Interval Variation and the Sympathetic Skin Response in the Assessment of Autonomic Function in Peripheral Neuropathy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 659-664

  Shahani, Bhagwan T ^a   Day, Timothy J ^a   Cros, Didier ^a   Khalil, Nofal ^a   Kneebone, Christopher S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0025339359     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530060069021     Document Type: Article

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