Pure pandysautonomia associated with interferon-alpha therapy [7]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 961-962

  Yokote, H ^a   Saitou, Y ^a   Kanda, T ^a,b   Mizusawa, H ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; COCAINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PILOCARPINE; TYRAMINE;

ADULT; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHY; PANDYSAUTONOMIA; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; SUPERSENSITIVITY; SURAL NERVE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 34547663195     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0370-1     Document Type: Letter

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