ALLGROVE SYNDROME - DOCUMENTING CHOLINERGIC DYSFUNCTION BY AUTONOMIC TESTS

Authors
CHU ML BERLIN D AXELROD FB
Citation
Ml. Chu et al., ALLGROVE SYNDROME - DOCUMENTING CHOLINERGIC DYSFUNCTION BY AUTONOMIC TESTS, The Journal of pediatrics, 129(1), 1996, pp. 156-159
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
129
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
156 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1996)129:1<156:AS-DCD>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We describe two Hispanic adolescents with Allgrove syndrome (alacrima, achalasia, and sensorimotor polyneuropathy) in whom we documented cho linergic dysfunction by cardiovascular autonomic tests, Both patients had orthostatic hypotension and decreased heart rate variability.