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Autonomic dysfunction in peripheral nerve disorders.

J G McLeod
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The autonomic nervous system is affected by most conditions that cause peripheral neuropathy. Autonomic dysfunction may be clinically significant in some conditions such as diabetes, amyloidosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome and porphyria, but in many the autonomic disturbances are of only minor clinical importance. Clinical tests of both sympathetic and parasympathetic function are necessary to establish the diagnosis.

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J G McLeod. 1992. Autonomic dysfunction in peripheral nerve disorders.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1325223/

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