Sympathetic cardiac denervation in Parkinson's disease and pure autonomic failure but not in multiple system atrophy [1]

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 776-777

  Orimo, S ^a   Oka, T ^a   Miura, H ^b   Tsuchiya, K ^c   Mori, F ^d   Wakabayashi, K ^d   Nagao, T ^e   Yokochi, M ^e  

^a The Mutualaid Association of Public School Teachers)   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Department of Dentistry Oral surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART DENERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0036901192     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.6.776     Document Type: Letter

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