Autopsy confirmed multiple system atrophy cases: Mayo experience and role of autonomic function tests

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-459

  Iodice, Valeria ^a   Lipp, Axel ^b   Ahlskog, J Eric ^c   Sandroni, Paola ^c   Fealey, Robert D ^c   Parisi, Joseph E ^c   Matsumoto, Joseph Y ^c   Benarroch, Eduardo E ^c   Kimpinski, Kurt ^d   Singer, Wolfgang ^c   Gehrking, Tonette L ^c   Gehrking, Jade A ^c   Sletten, David M ^c   Schmeichel, Ann M ^c   Bower, James H ^c   Gilman, Sid ^e   Figueroa, Juan ^c   Low, Phillip A ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SWEAT TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84858000593     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-301068     Document Type: Article

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