Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 299, Issue 1 , Pages 120-125 , 15 December 2010

Cerebro- and cardiovascular reactivity and neuropsychological performance in hypertensive patients

  • Katalin Réka Kovács

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • Csilla Cecília Szekeres

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Mureş County Clinical Emergency Hospital, Târgu-Mureş, Romania
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  • Zoltán Bajkó

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Mureş County Clinical Emergency Hospital, Târgu-Mureş, Romania
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  • Krisztina Csapó

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • Sándor Molnár

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • László Oláh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • Mária Tünde Magyar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • Dániel Bereczki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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  • László Kardos

      Affiliations

    • Contract Medical Statistician, Kenézy Gyula Hospital, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • Pál Soltész

      Affiliations

    • 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • Andrea Burainé Bojtor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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  • László Csiba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Móricz Zsigmond str. 22, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary. Tel.: +36 52 255 255; fax: +36 52 453 590.

Received 30 April 2010 ,Accepted 24 July 2010.

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PII: S0022-510X(10)00345-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.07.022

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 299, Issue 1 , Pages 120-125 , 15 December 2010

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