Comparative study of autonomic nervous system activity in malnourished and normal children in India

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Bedi, Mona ^a   Babbar, Rashmi ^a   Chakrabarty, A S ^a   Sachdev, H P S ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NERVE FUNCTION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033048692     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992518     Document Type: Article

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