Involvement of autonomic nervous activity changes in gastroesophageal reflux in neonates during sleep and wakefulness.

BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that disturbed activity of the autonomic nervous system is one of the factors involved in gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in adults. We sought to establish whether transient ANS dysfunction (as assessed by heart rate variability) is associated with the occurrence of G...

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Main Authors: Djamal-Dine Djeddi, Guy Kongolo, Erwan Stéphan-Blanchard, Mohamed Ammari, André Léké, Stéphane Delanaud, Véronique Bach, Frederic Telliez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3862728?pdf=render