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. 2024 Nov 20:15:1490744.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1490744. eCollection 2024.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and other common autonomic disorders are not functional neurologic disorders

Svetlana Blitshteyn  1   2 , Glenn J Treisman  3 , Ilene S Ruhoy  4 , David S Saperstein  5 , Jill R Schofield  6 , Brent P Goodman  7 , Todd E Davenport  8 , Alexis C Cutchins  9 , Blair P Grubb  10
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Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and other common autonomic disorders are not functional neurologic disorders

Svetlana Blitshteyn et al. Front Neurol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: autonomic disorders; diagnostic criteria; dysautonomia; functional neurologic disorder; inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST); neurocardiogenic syncope; orthostatic hypotension (OH); postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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