Familial vasovagal syncope and pseudosyncope: Observations in a case with both natural and adopted siblings

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-45

  Mathias, Christopher J ^a,b   Deguchi, Kazushi ^a,b   Bleasdale Barr, Katharine ^a   Smith, Shelagh ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Pseudoseizure; Syncope; Vasovagal

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; CHILD; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 0034464803     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02291389     Document Type: Article

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