Orthostatic intolerance and tachycardia associated with norepinephrine- transporter deficiency

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 541-549

  Shannon, John R ^b   Flattem, Nancy L ^b   Jordan, Jens ^b   Jacob, Giris ^b   Black, Bonnie K ^b   Biaggioni, Italo ^b   Blakely, Randy D ^b   Robertson, David ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; FLUDROCORTISONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; TYRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NOREPINEPHRINE; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POSTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYMPORTERS; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034001134     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200002243420803     Document Type: Article

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