pure autonomic failure
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pure autonomic failure
a degenerative, sporadic neurologic disorder of adult onset, manifested principally as orthostatic hypotension and syncope, with no neurologic defects other than autonomic nervous system dysfunction evident; probably caused by selective degeneration of neurons in the sympathetic ganglia, with denervation of smooth muscle vasculature and the adrenal glands.
Synonym(s): Bradbury-Eggleston syndrome
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pure autonomic failure
Neurology A sporadic, idiopathic cause of persistent orthostatic hypotensio in and other manifestations of autonomic failure, unaccompanied by other neurologic featuresMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
pure au·to·nom·ic fail·ure
(pyūr aw'tō-nom'ik fāl'yŭr)A degenerative, sporadic neurologic disorder of adult onset, manifested principally as orthostatic hypotension and syncope, with no neurologic defects other than autonomic nervous system dysfunction evident; probably caused by selective degeneration of neurons in the sympathetic ganglia, with denervation of smooth muscle vasculature and the suprarenal glands.
Synonym(s): Bradbury-Eggleston syndrome.
Synonym(s): Bradbury-Eggleston syndrome.
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