title: Autonomic failure: observations of a physician-patient.
abstract: Here I describe the clinical symptoms of autonomic failure that I began experiencing when I turned 80, a treatment combination that has been remarkably effective, and the recent finding of high titers of antibodies against the ganglionic nicotinic receptor.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Munger Pavilion, 3rd Floor, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA. rlrovit@optonline.net
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rovit
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005438:Fludrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005724:Ganglia / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008879:Midodrine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D033262:Narration; D010361:Patients; D010820:Physicians; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000276:immunology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D008879:Midodrine; D005438:Fludrocortisone