Multidisciplinary approach for diagnosing syncope: A retrospective study on 521 outpatients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1597-1600

  Strano, Stefano ^a   Colosimo, C ^b   Sparagna, A ^a   Mazzei, A ^a   Fattouch, J ^b   Giallonardo, A T ^b   Calcagnini, G ^a   Bagnato, F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; STANDARD; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 27444446520     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.058164     Document Type: Article

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