Autonomic impairment in tetanus: Delayed baroreflex involvement

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Sykora, Marek ^a,b   Diedler, Jennifer ^a   Veltkamp, Roland ^a   Steiner, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Baroreflex; Dysautonomia; Heart rate variability; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FINOMETER DEVICE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MONITORING; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RECORDING; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TETANUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BAROREFLEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; REACTION TIME; TETANUS;

EID: 44649102689     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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