Primary autonomic failure
- Primary autonomic failure
There are three diseases classified as primary autonomic failure: pure autonomic failure, multiple system atrophy (also known as Shy-Drager syndrome), and Parkinson disease.
References
* [http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/133/5/382.pdf Primary autonomic failure: three clinical presentations of one disease?]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9778070&dopt=Abstract Abnormalities of the QT interval in primary disorders of autonomic failure]
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