Ross syndrome: A rare or a misknown disorder of thermoregulation? A skin innervation study on 12 subjects

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2119-2131

  Nolano, Maria ^a   Provitera, Vincenzo ^a   Perretti, Anna ^b   Stancanelli, Annamaria ^a   Saltalamacchia, Anna Maria ^a   Donadio, Vincenzo ^c   Manganelli, Fiore ^b   Lanzillo, Bernardo ^a   Santoro, Lucio ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Holmes Adie syndrome; Ross syndrome; Skin biopsy; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANHIDROSIS; ANISOCORIA; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOLMES ADIE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROSS SYNDROME; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIE SYNDROME; ADULT; BIOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOHIDROSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SENSATION DISORDERS; SKIN; SWEATING; SYNDROME; TONIC PUPIL;

EID: 33747878463     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl175     Document Type: Article

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