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A Case of Micturition Syncope in a Child
Sun Youn Lee, Su Jeong Ryu, Deok Soo Kim, Young Hwue Kim, Tae Sung Ko, Jae Moon Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2003;46(12):1274-1278.   Published online December 15, 2003
Syncope in children and adolescents have a common occurrence according for up to 15% before adulthood. Micturition syncope, a kind of situational syncope, can be considered a form of reflex syncope. It can typically occur in healthy young men after rising from bed in the early morning who experience sudden loss of consciousness during or immediately after urination. The mechanism...
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