Successful pharmacotherapy for an adult case with prolonged symptoms of postganglionic cholinergic dysautonomia

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-246

  Yamamoto, Kanji ^a   Kato, Naga Aki ^a   Oide, Takashi ^a   Ishizuka, Osamu ^a   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETHANECHOL; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSPHAGIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTGANGLIONIC CHOLINERGIC DYSAUTONOMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BETHANECHOL; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; PIPERAZINES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 3042579839     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078553     Document Type: Article

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