Clinical laboratory evaluation of autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy: Preliminary observations

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 18-21

  Goldstein, David S ^a   Holmes, Courtney ^a   Imrich, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic failure; Dysautonomia; Fluorodopamine; Norepinephrine; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 6 FLUORODOPAMINE F 18; CATECHOL; CATECHOLAMINE; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPA; NORADRENALIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE AUTONOMIC GANGLIONOPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SUPINE POSITION;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; CATECHOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HEART; HUMANS; HYPOHIDROSIS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY DYSAUTONOMIAS; PURE AUTONOMIC FAILURE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SHY-DRAGER SYNDROME; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 60349127815     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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