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HOLMES‐ADIE SYNDROME WITH PROGRESSIVE AUTONOMIC DEGENERATION
Author(s) -
BONNIN MARK,
SKINNER S. L.,
WHELAN R. F.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1961.10.4.304
Subject(s) - degeneration (medical) , autonomic nervous system , pathogenesis , medicine , neuroscience , pathology , psychology , heart rate , blood pressure
Summary A case is described of coexisting autonomic degeneration and Holmes‐Adie syndrome. Physiological investigations suggest that both conditions are due to post‐ganglionic degeneration of the autonomic nervous system. A common pathogenesis is postulated.