Autonomic failure is a consequence of disease of the central and peripheral nervous system.
Keywords: autonomic; multiple system atrophy; Parkinson disease; pure autonomic failure; autonomic neuropathy
Autonomic Failure in Humans
Roy Freeman, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Published online: May 2003
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002189
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