Sympathetic skin response in Parkinson's disease

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Hirashima, F ^a,b   Yokota, T ^a   Hayashi, M ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase histochemistry; Local sweat response; Parkinson's disease; Postganglionic sympathetic dysfunction; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LEVODOPA; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0029933453     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00187.x     Document Type: Article

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