Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: Evidence for a novel neurological syndrome

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 670-676

  McCarty, David E ^a   Carrubba, Simona ^a   Chesson, Andrew L ^a   Frilot, Clifton ^b   Gonzalez Toledo, Eduardo ^a   Marino, Andrew A ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Evoked potentials; Hypersensitivity; Provocation study; Sensory transduction; Sleep study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PROVOCATION TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 82355168316     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.608139     Document Type: Article

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