Alternating Orthostatic Hypotension and Hyperthyroidism of Probable Hypophysial--Hypothalamic Origin
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Orthostatic hypotension.
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Upright posture requires rapid and effective circulatory and neurologic compensations to maintain blood pressure and consciousness. Although it has been recognized over the past 100 years or more that the act of standing may cause hypotension in patients with autonomic dysfunction, only recently several of the pathophysiologic mechanisms resulting in orthostatic intolerance have been discovered...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1949
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4595.169