Epilepsy and autonomic dysfunction;Epilepsie und autonome storungen

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Hilz, Max J ^b   Dutsch M ^a   Kolsch C ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 0033070307     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993981     Document Type: Review

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