Chapter 36 Laboratory evaluation of autonomic function

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 57, Issue C, 2004, Pages 358-368

  Low, Phillip A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; REFLEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEAT; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SWEAT; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 25144483335     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70372-1     Document Type: Article

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