The ANS is distributed throughout the body, and autonomic dysfunction can produce a wide range of symptoms, such as bladder malfunction, blood pressure abnormalities, breathing difficulty, gastrointestinal motility problems, heart arrhythmias, impotence, nasal congestion, sweating disorders, syncope, and ...
Female conditions of impaired fertility comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders that are attributed to various anatomic, hormonal and immunologic disturbances. We hypothesize that autonomic dysfunction may be a previously unrecognized factor in female fertility disorders. Emerging physiologic and molecular ...
Notably, SFN has been reported in the context of renal dysfunction; however, the lack of correlation of ESC with renal function in this cohort suggested that its decrease in FD is not just secondary to renal dysfunction, this preliminary study was not designed to test diagnostic performance of ...
(SBP) of at least 20 mm Hg.17,21,22 AD is usually associated with at least one sign of autonomic arousal,17 but may sometimes occur unperceived.23 Upon severe conditions, hypertension can reach levels as high as 250 mm Hg18 SBP, making the individual at risk of organ dysfunction, ...
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Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare disorder characterized by alveolar hypoventilation requiring long-term invasive or noninvasive ventilation and autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction [1]. PHOX2B was identified as the major CCHS-causing gene, and different mutations have be...
In one embodiment, a method is provided for determining the presence of abnormal protein digestion and/or pancreatic dysfunction of an individual, especially a child, by analyzing a stool sample of the individual for the quantitative levels of one or more pancreatic enzymes including, but not ...
In a group of HIV-positive intravenous drug users, 2 we found that 59.4% of the subjects without neurologic symptoms were showing dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) to the same cardiovascular tests mentioned by Ruttimann et al. Also, we have found that more severe ANS ...
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies (HSAN) are a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders that are associated with sensory dysfunction. Among these, HSAN type 2 (HSAN2; MIM 201300) is a rare recessive disease that is characterized by an early age of onset with ...