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Pietro Guaraldi1, Vincenzo Donadio, Sabina Capellari, Manuela Contin, Maria Chiara Casadio, Pasquale Montagna, Rocco Liguori, Pietro Cortelli.
Abstract
We evaluated the autonomic control of the cardiovascular system and the skin innervation of a patient from a new Italian family with a genetically proven diagnosis of adult-onset autosomal dominant leukodystrophy (ADLD) due to lamin B1 gene duplication. Cardiovascular reflexes and pharmacological assessment indicated a selective sympathetic failure, sparing cardiovagal function. Microneurography revealed absent sympathetic activity. The evaluation of autonomic innervation of skin annexes showed severely depleted and morphologically abnormal noradrenergic dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DβH) immunoreactive fibres with preserved cholinergic vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) immunoreactive fibres. This peculiar autonomic dysfunction may represent a hallmark for ADLD.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20719577 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.07.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Auton Neurosci ISSN: 1566-0702 Impact factor: 3.145