Mind-stretching faints

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 418-423

  Thijs, Roland D ^a   Van Dijk, J Gert ^a   Stephenson, John B P ^b   Wieling, Wouter ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Seizure; Stretch syncope; Transient loss of consciousness; Valsalva

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; VASODILATATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 38349168946     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0134     Document Type: Note

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