Pilot study of pyridostigmine in constipated patients with autonomic neuropathy
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Detection of subclinical autonomic neuropathy in constipated patients using a sweat test.
Chronic idiopathic constipation may be the result of an autonomic neuropathy. This hypothesis was tested in 23 constipated patients and 17 age matched controls, using the acetylcholine sweat spot test devised to test autonomic integrity in diabetes. Acetylcholine (0.01%) was injected in the dorsum of the foot painted with a mixture of starch and iodine. Active sweat glands appeared on the surfa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Autonomic Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0959-9851,1619-1560
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-008-0476-x