Distal sudomotor findings in postural tachycardia syndrome

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Peltier, Amanda Catherine ^a   Garland, Emily ^a,b   Raj, Satish R ^a,b   Sato, Kyoko ^c   Black, Bonnie ^a,b   Song, Yanna ^a   Wang, Lily ^a   Biaggioni, Italo ^a,b   Diedrich, Andre ^a,b   Robertson, David ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic neuropathy; Orthostatic intolerance; POTS; Sudomotor; Sweating; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SUDOMOTOR AXON REFLEX TESTING; RANK SUM TEST; SWEAT; SWEATING;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AXONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; POSTURE;

EID: 77953291819     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-009-0045-y     Document Type: Article

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