Laugh syncope as a rare sub-type of the situational syncopes: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nishida, Katsufumi ^a   Hirota, Sean K ^a   Tokeshi, Jinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; EXERCISE TEST; GELASTIC SYNCOPE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYNCOPE;

EID: 46749087485     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-197     Document Type: Article

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