RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sympathetic skin response--a method of assessing unmyelinated axon dysfunction in peripheral neuropathies.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 536
OP 542
DO 10.1136/jnnp.47.5.536
VO 47
IS 5
A1 B T Shahani
A1 J J Halperin
A1 P Boulu
A1 J Cohen
YR 1984
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/47/5/536.abstract
AB 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.