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Meyer Brown President, M.D.; Ernst Haase Secretary, M.D.

Arch Neurol. 1961;4(1):107-117.

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Skin Temperature in Paraplegics. DR. NORMAN B. DOBIN; JAMES A. FIZZELL (B.S.), and VIEKKOPELTOLA (M.S.).

Skin temperature, as an indication of sympathetic nervous system involvement, was studied in a group of patients with spinal cord injuries. The skin temperature was recorded with a thermistor type of electrical skin thermometer supplied by the Illinois Testing Laboratories, Chicago. Thirty-two patients were studied. These included 11 patients with surgically verified anatomically complete lesions of the cord, with levels ranging from D3 to D12; 12 patients with physiologically complete lesions with levels ranging from C5 to D2; 3 patients with Brown Sequard type of lesions with levels of C5 and C6, and 6 patients showing an anterior spinal artery type of lesion, with levels from C4 to C6. Thirty selected areas of the skin were examined on the right and left sides of the body, so that temperatures from 60 areas were recorded . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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