Clinical correlates of autonomic dysfunction in patients with Machado-Joseph disease

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 422-425

  Franca Jr M C ^a   D'Abreu, A ^a   Nucci, A ^a   Lopes Cendes, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Machado Joseph disease; Parkinsonism; Peripheral neuropathy; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANHIDROSIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; NOCTURIA; NOTE; ONSET AGE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; POLYNEUROPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SWEATING; SYNCOPE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; XEROSTOMIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COMPLICATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952618115     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01249.x     Document Type: Note

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