Heart period variability in seizure-related sinus arrest

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Vaughn, Bradley V ^a   Quint, Stephen R ^b   Messenheimer, John A ^b   Greenwood, Robert S ^b   Tennison, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Heart period variability; Heart rate; Seizures; Sinus arrest; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARREST; SUDDEN DEATH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031552130     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(96)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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