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Case Reports
. 2018 Dec;28(6):589-591.
doi: 10.1007/s10286-018-0556-5. Epub 2018 Aug 27.

Diagnostic treatment dilemma: baroreflex failure or autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy?

Maureen C Farrell  1 , Alexander S Brenner  2 , Cyndya A Shibao  3
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Case Reports

Diagnostic treatment dilemma: baroreflex failure or autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy?

Maureen C Farrell et al. Clin Auton Res. 2018 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Autonomic nervous system diseases; Hypertension; Orthostatic hypotension.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest

M.C.F. and A.S.B. have no conflicts of interest to declare. C.A.S. has received a research grant from Doris Duke Foundation. C.A.S. received grant support from Office of Orphan Products Development. Food and Drug Administration, Grant #FD-R-04778–01-A3. C.A.S. has received speaker honorarium from Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals. C.A.S. received consulting honoraria from Lundbeck and Theravance Biopharma. C.A.S is member of the Board for the American Autonomic Society.

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Fig. 1
Results of autonomic evaluation for a healthy subject (left), a typical baroreflex failure subject (middle), and the case (right). Evaluation included tilt table testing, Valsalva maneuver, and deep breathing sinus arrhythmia testing
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