Harlequin syndrome: The sudden onset of unilateral flushing and sweating

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 635-642

  Lance, James W ^a   Drummond, Peter D ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Morris, John G L ^b  

^a PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; SURGERY; SWEATING;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EXERTION; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLES; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0023876936     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.51.5.635     Document Type: Article

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