title: Autonomic peripheral neuropathy.
abstract: Most generalized peripheral polyneuropathies are accompanied by clinical or subclinical autonomic dysfunction. There is a group of peripheral neuropathies in which the small or unmyelinated fibers are selectively targeted. In these neuropathies, autonomic dysfunction is the most prominent manifestation. The features associated with an autonomic neuropathy include impairment of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urogenital, thermoregulatory, sudomotor, and pupillomotor autonomic function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, One Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA. rfreeman@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D017772:Amyloid Neuropathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D009477:Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*