Cardiovascular autonomic nervous system tests: Determination of normative values and effect of confounding variables

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 40-44

  Gelber, David A ^a   Pfeifer, Michael ^a   Dawson, Beth ^a   Schumer, Mary ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic neuropathy; Autonomic testing; Valsalva

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPNEA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WEIGHT;

EID: 0031030708     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(96)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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