Seizure-like activities during head-up tilt test-induced syncope

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-81

  Song, Pil Sang ^a   Kim, June Soo ^a   Park, Jungwae ^a   Yim, Hye Ran ^a   Huh, June ^a   Kim, Jun Hyung ^b   On, Young Keun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Head up tilt test; Neurally mediated reflex syncope; Seizure like activities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYEBALL; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEAD TILTING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEURALLY MEDIATED REFLEX SYNCOPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749140622     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.1.77     Document Type: Article

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