Syncope in childhood

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-353

  McLeod, K A ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE; FLUOXETINE; IRON; MIDODRINE;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CYANOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART DISEASE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; NEUROCARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; VASODILATATION; XEROSTOMIA;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0037383364     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.4.350     Document Type: Review

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