Cardiovascular manifestations of autonomic epilepsy

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-17

  Freeman, Roy ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Bradycardia; Epilepsy; Sudden death; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THORAX PAIN;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEST PAIN; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FLUSHING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; SEIZURES; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 32544443770     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-006-0278-y     Document Type: Review

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