Orthostatic hypotension in organic dementia: Relationship between blood pressure, cortical blood flow and symptoms

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-36

  Passant, U ^a   Warkentin, S ^a   Karlson, S ^a   Nilsson, K ^a   Edvinsson, L ^a   Gustafson, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Organic dementia; Orthostatic hypotension; Regional cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD TILTING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0029935468     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02291403     Document Type: Article

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