Defining and classifying syncope

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages i4-i8

  Thijs, Roland D ^a   Wieling, Wouter ^b   Kaufmann, Horacio ^c   Van Dijk, J Gert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Definition; Syncope; Terminology; Transient loss of consciousness

Indexed keywords

ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; BRAIN PERFUSION; CATAPLEXY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; SYNCOPE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 8644237260     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-004-1002-4     Document Type: Review

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