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The function of sympathetic vasoconstrictor fibres was studied in 18 patients with occlusive arterial disease of the legs and somatic neuropathy, as evidenced as an increased vibration perception threshold. Nine patients suffered from long-term diabetes mellitus. Sympathetic vasoconstrictor function was studied by the capability of the local sympathetic venoarteriolar reflex (Henriksen 1977) elicited by lowering the leg to induce an arteriolar constriction in subcutaneous tissue at the ankle level. Blood flow was measured by the local isotope washout technique. In only five patients with loss of vibration sense, abnormal vasoconstrictor function was found. In three of these patients, the abnormal response most likely could be ascribed to impaired function of the vascular smooth muscle cells. Neither in diabetics nor in non-diabetics could an abnormal vibration sense be taken as evidence for loss of sympathetic vasoconstrictor function. It is suggested that this is studied by a simple postural test as used in the present study.
K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
February 2006,
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology,
K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
April 1991,
Klinische Wochenschrift,
K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
February 1996,
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K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
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K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
January 1973,
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K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
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K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
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K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
April 1985,
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K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
January 1992,
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K Bjerre-Jepsen, and
O Henriksen, and
M Parm, and
K Agerskov, and
K H Tønnesen
August 2001,
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine,
