Pediatric autonomic disorders

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 309-321

  Axelrod, Felicia B ^a   Chelimsky, Gisela G ^b   Weese Mayer, Debra E ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular; Parasympathetic nervous system; Sympathetic nervous system; Viscerosensory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIC TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLGROVE SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONGENITAL ANALGESIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; DYSAUTONOMIA; GENETICS; NEUROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETT SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; DYSAUTONOMIA, FAMILIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; RETT SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

EID: 33746835853     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-3032     Document Type: Review

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