Electrophysiological tests of autonomic function in patients with idiopathic autonomic failure syndromes

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 758-763

  Ravits, John ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a   Nilsson, Jan ^a   Polinsky, Ronald ^a   Dambrosia, James ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic function; multisystem atrophy; pure autonomic failure; sinus arrhythmia; sympathetic skin response; Valsalva ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RECTUM; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SKIN; SPHINCTER; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; SYNDROME; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0029866442     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199606)19:6<758::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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