Heart rate variability in the irritable bowel syndrome: A review of the literature

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-216

  Mazurak, N ^a,b   Seredyuk, N ^b   Sauer, H ^a   Teufel, M ^a   Enck, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b IVANO FRANKIVSK NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerve system; Heart rate variability; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABUSE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BODY MASS; BREATHING; COLD PRESSOR TEST; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; SLEEP;

EID: 84856784692     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01866.x     Document Type: Review

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