Notched T Wave as Evidence of Autonomic Nervous Lability in Duchenne Progressive Muscular Dystrophy

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 741-750

  Maruyama, Toru ^a   Fujino, Takehiko ^a   Fukuoka, Yoshisuke ^a   Tsukamoto, Kohsuke ^b   Mawatari, Shiro ^b,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Chikugo Hospital   (Japan)

^c National Fukuoka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Notched T wave; Progressive muscular dystrophy; Sympathetic nervous activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPATHETIC TONE; T WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0029603526     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.36.741     Document Type: Article

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