| Literature DB >> 14504339 |
P Flachenecker1, A Rufer, I Bihler, C Hippel, K Reiners, K V Toyka, J Kesselring.
Abstract
The authors studied standard autonomic function tests and measures of heart rate variability in 60 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and correlated results with the Fatigue Severity Scale and the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale. The authors found that autonomic responses correlated with fatigue resembling a hypoadrenergic orthostatic response, possibly due to a sympathetic vasomotor lesion with intact vagal heart control. Treatments to control sympathetic dysfunction for MS-associated fatigue deserve further study.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14504339 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000080365.95436.b8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910