Periodic fever associated with intermittent rhythmic delta activity: A syndrome of hypothalamic origin?

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 138-141

  Van Hilten, J J ^a   Roelfsema, F ^a   Van Der Meer, J W M ^b   Van Dijk, J G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

delta activity; hypothalamic; periodic fever

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONOBIOLOGY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; THERMOREGULATION;

AGED; DELTA RHYTHM; FEVER; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 0031081056     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(96)96564-9     Document Type: Article

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