TY - JOUR
T1 - Autonomic Dysfunction and Sleep Apnea in Olivopontocerebellar Degeneration
AU - Chokroverty, Sudhansu
AU - Sachdeo, Rajesh
AU - Masdeu, Joseph
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PY - 1984/9
Y1 - 1984/9
N2 - We studied ten men with olivopontocerebellar degeneration. Our findings of the autonomic deficits as manifested by orthostatic hypotension, impaired Valsalva's response, abnormal findings on cold pressor and mental arithmetic tests, and plasma renin and norepinephrine abnormalities in some patients with olivopontocerebellar degeneration suggested a defective central control of the sympathetic nervous system. Five patients had sleep apnea. Autonomic dysfunction and sleep apnea in olivopontocerebellar degeneration may result from degenerative lesions in the cerebellum and the brain stem.
AB - We studied ten men with olivopontocerebellar degeneration. Our findings of the autonomic deficits as manifested by orthostatic hypotension, impaired Valsalva's response, abnormal findings on cold pressor and mental arithmetic tests, and plasma renin and norepinephrine abnormalities in some patients with olivopontocerebellar degeneration suggested a defective central control of the sympathetic nervous system. Five patients had sleep apnea. Autonomic dysfunction and sleep apnea in olivopontocerebellar degeneration may result from degenerative lesions in the cerebellum and the brain stem.
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U2 - 10.1001/archneur.1984.04050200032014
DO - 10.1001/archneur.1984.04050200032014
M3 - Article
C2 - 6383299
AN - SCOPUS:0021267896
VL - 41
SP - 926
EP - 931
JO - Archives of neurology
JF - Archives of neurology
SN - 0003-9942
IS - 9
ER -