Differences in skin sympathetic involvements between two chronic autonomic disorders: Multiple system atrophy and pure autonomic failure

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 347-350

  Asahina, Masato ^a   Akaogi, Yuichi ^a   Yamanaka, Yoshitaka ^a   Koyama, Yu ^a   Hattori, Takamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Multiple system atrophy; Pure autonomic failure; Skin blood flow; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDODRINE; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PYRIDAZINES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 67349127566     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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