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Skin wrinkling on immersion of hands: a test of sympathetic function. 1979

J Braham, and M Sadeh, and I Sarova-Pinhas

Skin wrinkling of the fingers following immersion in warm water depends on intact sympathetic innervation. It is abolished by lesions affecting both central and peripheral sympathetic pathways. It affords a simple and reliable clinical test of sympathetic function.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007101	Immersion	The placing of a body or a part thereof into a liquid.	Submersion,Immersions,Submersions
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D001933	Brain Stem	The part of the brain that connects the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES with the SPINAL CORD. It consists of the MESENCEPHALON; PONS; and MEDULLA OBLONGATA.	Brainstem,Truncus Cerebri,Brain Stems,Brainstems,Cerebri, Truncus,Cerebrus, Truncus,Truncus Cerebrus
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005260	Female		Females
D005725	Ganglia, Autonomic	Clusters of neurons and their processes in the autonomic nervous system. In the autonomic ganglia, the preganglionic fibers from the central nervous system synapse onto the neurons whose axons are the postganglionic fibers innervating target organs. The ganglia also contain intrinsic neurons and supporting cells and preganglionic fibers passing through to other ganglia.	Autonomic Ganglia,Ganglion, Autonomic,Autonomic Ganglion
D006225	Hand	The distal part of the arm beyond the wrist in humans and primates, that includes the palm, fingers, and thumb.	Hands
D006732	Horner Syndrome	A syndrome associated with defective sympathetic innervation to one side of the face, including the eye. Clinical features include MIOSIS; mild BLEPHAROPTOSIS; and hemifacial ANHIDROSIS (decreased sweating)(see HYPOHIDROSIS). Lesions of the BRAIN STEM; cervical SPINAL CORD; first thoracic nerve root; apex of the LUNG; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; and apex of the ORBIT may cause this condition. (From Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, pp500-11)	Bernard Syndrome,Horner's Syndrome,Miosis, Innervational Defect,Oculosympathetic Syndrome,Bernard's Syndrome,Claude Bernard-Horner Syndrome,Horner Syndrome, Acquired,Horner Syndrome, Central,Horner's Syndrome, Pupil,Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic Ocular,Ptosis Sympathetic,Sympathetic Ocular-Ophthalmoplegia,Acquired Horner Syndrome,Bernard Syndromes,Bernards Syndrome,Central Horner Syndrome,Claude Bernard Horner Syndrome,Horner Syndrome, Pupil,Horners Syndrome,Horners Syndrome, Pupil,Ocular Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic,Ocular Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic,Ocular-Ophthalmoplegia, Sympathetic,Ocular-Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic,Oculosympathetic Syndromes,Ophthalmoplegias, Sympathetic Ocular,Pupil Horner's Syndrome,Sympathetic Ocular Ophthalmoplegia,Sympathetic Ocular Ophthalmoplegias,Sympathetic Ocular-Ophthalmoplegias,Syndrome, Acquired Horner,Syndrome, Bernard,Syndrome, Bernard's,Syndrome, Central Horner,Syndrome, Claude Bernard-Horner,Syndrome, Horner,Syndrome, Horner's,Syndrome, Oculosympathetic,Syndrome, Pupil Horner's,Syndromes, Bernard,Syndromes, Oculosympathetic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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