Exploring autonomic nervous system dysfunction in patients with cancer cachexia: A pilot study

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 93-95

  Chauhan, Alpna ^a   Sequeria, Ashika ^a   Manderson, Cathann ^a   Maddocks, Matthew ^a   Wasley, David ^b   Wilcock, Andrew ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cancer cachexia; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CACHEXIA; CANCER CACHEXIA; CANCER PATIENT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CACHEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84855916051     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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