Effect of pregnancy on postural tachycardia syndrome

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 639-644

  Kimpinski, Kurt ^a,b   Iodice, Valeria ^a,c   Sandroni, Paola ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 77954247247     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0672     Document Type: Article

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