Autonomic thermoregulatory dysfunction in neurofibromatosis type 1

ABSTRACT Objective Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) causes neural and cutaneous disorders and reduced exercise capacity. Exercise/heat exposure increasing internal temperature must be compensated by eccrine sweat function and warmed skin vasodilation. We suspected NF1 could adversely affect eccrine...

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Main Authors: Luciana G Madeira, Renata LF Passos, Juliana F de Souza, Nilton A Rezende, Luiz O. C. Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016001000796&lng=en&tlng=en