Laboratory Evaluation of Pediatric Autonomic Disorders

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-43

  Kuntz, Nancy L ^a,b   Patwari, Pallavi P ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY POSITION; BREATHING; FAINTNESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD TILTING; HEAD UP TILT; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SUDOMOTOR AXON REFLEX TEST; SCINTIGRAPHY; STANDING; SWEAT TEST; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOREGULATORY SWEAT TEST; TILT TABLE TEST; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84875241676     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: 15580776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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