Effect of tamsulosin hydrochloride on sympathetic hyperactivity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 94-98

  Ohno, Takae ^a   Shimizu, Toshio ^a   Kato, Shuichi ^a   Hayashi, Hideaki ^a   Hirai, Shunsaku ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Sympathetic hyperactivity; Tamsulosin hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SULFONAMIDES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0035849091     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(01)00217-X     Document Type: Article

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