The outcome of ganglion clipping in hyperhidrosis and blushing

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-242

  Chou, Shah Hwa ^a   Kao, Eing Long ^a   Lin, Chien Chih ^a   Huang, Meei Feng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Ganglion clipping; Hyperhidrosis; Sweating; Sympathetic block

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLUSHING; ENDOSCOPY; FACE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; RECURRENCE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SWEATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745086954     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-006-0347-2     Document Type: Article

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