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Sympathetic vascular response to facial cooling is increased in flail phenotypes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration - 1 Feb 2018
Tutaj Marcin, Miller MaŁgorzata, Tomik Barbara, Golenia Aleksandra, Stanuszek Agnieszka, BŁońska Katarzyna, SŁowik Agnieszka
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess cardiovascular responses to cold face test (CFT) in patients with classic-onset ALS (bulbar or limb onset, ALS-C) and in patients with flail arm and flail leg phenotypes (FA/FL). METHODS: In 18 ALS-C, eight FA/FL patients and 10 age-matched controls we continuously monitored heart rate (HR), systolic (SBP), diastolic (DBP) and mean blood pressure (MBP) during two-minute baseline and...
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