xii, 780 p., 16 p. of plates : 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Section I: The scientific basis -- Clinical autonomic disorders: classification and clinical evaluation / Phillip A. Low, Paola Sandroni, and Eduardo E. Benarroch -- Central autonomic network / Eduardo E. Benarroch -- Peripheral autonomic system: anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology / Eduardo E. Benarroch -- Cardiovascular and respiratory reflexes: physiology and pharmacology / Roger A. L. Dampney -- Maintenance of postural normotension in humans / Wouter Wieling and Johannes J. Van Lieshout -- Autonomic regulation of temperature and sweating / Eduardo E. Benarroch, Phillip A. Low, and Robert D. Fealey -- Central nervous system control of micturition / Gert Holstege and Han Collewijn -- Autonomic control of gastrointestinal function / David R. Linden and Gianrico Farrugia -- Neural control of blood vessels / Eduardo E. Benarroch and Axel Lipp --

Section II: Evaluation and management of autonomic disorders --

Part A. Laboratory evaluation -- Clinical evaluation of the patient with an autonomic disorder / William P. Cheshire, Jr., and Nancy L. Kuntz -- Laboratory evaluation of autonomic failure / Phillip A. Low and David M. Sletten -- Aging and autonomic function / Lewis A. Lipsitz and Vera Novak -- Quality of life in persons with autonomic disorders / Lisa M. Benrud-Larson and Anette Schrag -- Noninvasive evaluation of heart rate: time and frequency domains / Roy L. Freeman -- Transcranial doppler evaluation in autonomic disorders / Wolfgang Singer, Phillip A. Low, and Ronald Schondorf -- Microneurographic evaluation of sympathetic neural function and dysfunction / Nisha Charkoudian and B. Gunnar Wallin -- Autonomic evaluation in the electromyography laboratory / William J. Litchy -- Thermoregulatory sweat test / Robert D. Fealey --

Part B. Central disorders -- Innervation of nonglabrous skin / William R. Kennedy and Gwen Wendelschafer-Crabb -- Neurochemical indices of autonomic function / David S. Goldstein -- Degenerative autonomic disorders (autonomic synucleinopathies) / Horacio C. Kaufmann and Eduardo E. Benarroch -- Clinical pharmacology of autonomic failure / Italo Biaggioni --Sleep and degenerative autonomic disorders / Pietro Cortelli and Federica Provini -- Imaging studies in chronic autonomic disorders / David S. Goldstein -- Autonomic manifestations of epilepsy and stroke / Roy L. Freeman and Eduardo E. Benarroch --

Part C. Peripheral disorders -- Autonomic complications of multiple sclerosis / Judith M. Spies -- Autonomic disorders associated with spinal cord injury / Andrei V. Krassioukov -- The neuropathology of autonomic neuropathies / Phillip A. Low ... [et al.] -- The autonomic neuropathies / Phillip A. Low and Paola Sandroni -- Diabetic autonomic neuropathy / Phillip A. Low and Max J. Hilz -- Autoimmune and paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathies / Steven Vernino -- Autonomic complications of AIDS and other infectious disorders / Dominic C. Chow, Andrew Grandinetti, and Robert H. Wood -- Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies and miscellaneous inherited neuropathies with autonomic involvement / Michelle L. Mauermann and Christopher J. Klein --

Part D. Disorders of orthostatic tolerance -- Familial dysautonomia / Felicia B. Axelrod -- Syncope: approach to management / Wouter Wieling and Win-Kuang Shen -- Postural tachycardia syndrome / Phillip A. Low ... [et al.] -- Genetic causes of orthostatic intolerance / Emily M. Garland and David Robertson -- Management of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension / Phillip A. Low and Robert D. Fealey --

Part E. Disorders of thermoregulation, skin blood flow, and cranial autonomic control -- Hyperhidrosis and anhidrosis / Robert D. Fealey, John L. D. Atkinson, and William P. Cheshire, Jr. -- Facial flushing and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias / Michael F. Cutrer and Drahomira Sencakova -- Disorders of the pupils and lacrimal glands / Paul W. Brazis and Andrew G. Lee -- Migraine and the autonomic nervous system / Pasquale Montagna and Pietro Cortelli --

Part F. Disorders of pain, bladder, sexual, and gastrointestinal function -- Complex regional pain syndrome and erythromelalgia / Paola Sandroni, David P. Martin, and Mark D. P. Davis -- The diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurologic dysfunction of the urinary bladder / Van Anh T. Ginger and Claire C. Yang -- Female and male sexual dysfunction / Max J. Hilz -- Gastrointestinal motility / Michael Camilleri --

Part G. Other disorders -- Syndromes of autonomic hyperactivity / Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Nestor A. Wainsztein, and Eduardo E. Benarroch -- Episodic adrenergic syndromes: pheochromocytoma, pseudopheochromocytoma, mastocytosis, and carcinoid tumors / Graeme Eisenhofer and Italo Biaggioni

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