AUTONOMIC FUNCTION AND UNMYELINATED FIBERS IN CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY

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作者
INGALL, TJ
MCLEOD, JG
TAMURA, N
机构
[1] UNIV SYDNEY,DEPT MED,SYDNEY,NSW 2006,AUSTRALIA
[2] ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSP,DEPT NEUROL,SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA
关键词
autonomic function tests; autonomic nerves system; chronic inflammatory neuropathy; sural nerve pathology; unmyelinated fibers;
D O I
10.1002/mus.880130113
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Because autonomic function may be abnormal in some demyelinating peripheral neuropathies, it has been studied with a number of noninvasive and invasive tests in 14 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. There were abnormalities of the 30:15 ratio in 3 patients and an abnormal thermoregulatory sweat test in 5 patients. These findings are indicative of mild parasympathetic and sympathetic dysfunction. Minor pathological changes in unmyelinated fibers were demonstrated on morphometric examination of sural nerves of 10 patients. Copyright © 1990 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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