Heart rate and blood pressure variability in patients with myasthenia gravis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-332

  Puneeth, Chikkulikere ^a   Chandra, Sadanandavalli ^a   Yadav, Ravi ^a   Sathyaprabha, Talakad ^a   Chandran, Sajish ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blood pressure changes; cholinergic function; heart rate variability; myasthenia gravis; receptors

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC HANDGRIP TEST; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION TEST; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSSERMAN STAGE; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; REPETITIVE NERVE STIMULATION TEST; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORAX;

EID: 84883672329     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.116912     Document Type: Article

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