Assessment of autonomic dysreflexia in patients with spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 473-477

  Curt, Armin ^a   Nitsche, Boris ^a   Rodic, Biljana ^a   Schurch, Brigitte ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

24 hour ambulant blood pressure measurement; Autonomic dysreflexia; Spinal cord injury; Sympathetic skin response; Urodynamic examination

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030974809     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.5.473     Document Type: Article

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