Autonomic imbalance in preeclampsia: Evidence for increased sympathetic tone in response to the supine-pressor test

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 935-939

  Lewinsky, Reuven M ^a   Riskin Mashiah, Shlomit ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; POSTURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031860229     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00105-7     Document Type: Article

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