A case of autoimmune autonomic neuropathy with marked orthostatic hypotension, decreased salivation, constipation, and Adie pupil

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-222

  Maki, Takakuni ^a   Nakamura, Masataka ^a   Nakamura, Michikazu ^a   Suenaga, Toshihiko ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune autonomic neuropathy; Ganglionic acetylcholine receptor antibody; Orthostatic hypotension; Parasympathetic nerve dysfunction; Pure autonomic failure

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IODINE 123; NORADRENALIN;

ADIE SYNDROME; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; SALIVATION DISORDER; SEROLOGY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TACHYCARDIA; ANISOCORIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVATION;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; SALIVATION; TONIC PUPIL;

EID: 33646570232     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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