Assessment of autonomic function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using spectral analysis and approximate entropy method

Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-139

  Kamal, Ahmed ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34247186404     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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