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Sympathetic skin response--a method of assessing unmyelinated axon dysfunction in peripheral neuropathies.

Year: 1984

Type: article

Abstract: The sympathetic skin response (SSR) was measured in 33 patients with peripheral neuropathies and in 30 normal control subjects. Abnormalities of the response were correlated with clinical, pathologic, and EMG observations. The response was usually absent in axonal neuropathies, but present in demyelinating disorders. Abnormalities of the sympathetic skin response did not correlate well with clinical evidence of dysautonomia, but were a reliable indicator of disorders affecting unmyelinated axons.

Source: Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.47.5.536

Authors: B T Shahani, J J Halperin, P Boulu, J Cohen

Institutions: State University of New York, Massachusetts General Hospital, Stony Brook University

Language: English

Topic: Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders

Subfield: Clinical Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institutes of Health