This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on Web of Science (20)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

A Test of Sympathetic Function

Jackson Braham, MD, FRCP; Menachem Sadeh, MD; Ida Sarova-Pinhas, MD

Arch Neurol. 1979;36(2):113-114.

Abstract
• 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.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, and the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 21, 1977.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel (Dr Braham).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?