Pathological baroreceptor sensitivity in patients suffering from somatization disorders: Do they correlate with symptoms?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Laederach Hofmann, Kurt ^a,b   Rüddel, Heinz ^a   Mussgay, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomic testing; Baroreceptor sensitivity; Psychometric instruments; Somatization disorder; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSORECEPTORS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 51049110726     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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