The Value of Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody in Children with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 165-170

  Li, Jiawei ^a   Zhang, Qingyou ^a   Liao, Ying ^a   Zhang, Chunyu ^a   Hao, Hongjun ^a   Du, Junbao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibody; Children; Clinical characteristics; Orthostatic intolerance; Postural tachycardia syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FAINTNESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PALLOR; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREMOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TILT TABLE TEST;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 84926148355     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-0981-8     Document Type: Article

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