Sympathetic Skin Response and RR Interval Variation in Manganism and a Comparison with Parkinson's Disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-28

  Chu, Nai Shin ^a,c   Huang, Chin Chang ^a   Calne, Donald B ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Manganism; Parkinson's disease; RR interval variation; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043040731     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1353-8020(95)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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