The relationship between heart rate variability and epileptiform activity among children - A controlled study

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 317-320

  Assaf, Nurit ^a   Weller, Boaz ^b,c   Deutsh Castel, Tsofia ^a   Cohen, Ayala ^c   Tirosh, Emanuel ^a,c  

^a Hannah Khoushy Child Development Center   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Epileptiform activity; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 58149289756     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e318182ed2d     Document Type: Article

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