Autonomic dysfunction in patients with advanced cancer; Prevalence, clinical correlates and challenges in assessment

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stone, Carol A ^a,b   Kenny, Rose Anne ^b,c   Nolan, Brid ^a   Lawlor, Peter G ^d,e  

^a Our Lady's Hospice Ltd Dublin   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 84857568022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-11-3     Document Type: Article

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