A new hypothesis of cause of syncope: Trigeminocardiac reflex during extraction of teeth

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-251

  Arakeri, Gururaj ^a   Arali, Veena ^a  

^a SRI SAI COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MOLAR TOOTH; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYNCOPE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRIGEMINOCARDIAC REFLEX;

FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; REFLEX; SYNCOPE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

SYNCOPE;

EID: 72649103655     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.09.027     Document Type: Article

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