Dysautonomia after pediatric brain injury

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 759-764

  Kirk, Katherine A ^a   Shoykhet, Michael ^b   Jeong, Jong H ^c   Tyler Kabara, Elizabeth C ^d   Henderson, Maryanne J ^e   Bell, Michael J ^f   Fink, Ericka L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Children's Institute of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MALE; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY DYSAUTONOMIAS;

EID: 84863782453     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04322.x     Document Type: Article

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