title: [Autonomic nerve dysregulation syndrome].
abstract: There is no established disease concept to define so-called autonomic dysregulation syndrome. 1) Recently, cases of this disease are being screened by examining autonomic nerve function in patients showing various symptoms that may have been induced by abnormal autonomic nervous system regulation. Based on the test results, dysfunctional cases are classified as autonomic dysregulation syndrome, excluding those cases where dysfunction results from psychiatric diseases, organic diseases of the autonomic nervous system, or endocrinopathy. The disease concept is problematic in that the clinical and pathophysiological condition of the idiopathic and essential autonomic dysregulation syndrome, screened through the above procedure, is unclear. 2) Useful methods are being developed to examine autonomic-nerve function. These methods may provide new materials to establish a concept for autonomic dysregulation syndrome. It is believed that it is time to etiologically classify cases from the standpoint of autonomic nerve dysregulation syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Daini Hospital.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans