Measurement of autonomic dysregulation in multiple sclerosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 403-408

  Kodounis, Antonis ^a,b   Stamboulis, E ^a   Constantinidis, T S ^a   Liolios, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Multiple sclerosis; Prasympathetic; Sympathetic; Tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 28144444883     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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