Heart rate variability in children with refractory generalized epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-301

  Harnod, Tomor ^a,b   Yang, Cheryl C H ^b,c   Hsin, Yue Loong ^a,b   Shieh, Kun Ruey ^b   Wang, Pen Jung ^b   Kuo, Terry B J ^b,c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Epilepsy; Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 42949161537     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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