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Although not as severe as the autonomic failure of the Shy-Drager and multiple system atrophy disorders, autonomic dysfunction nevertheless frequently causes problems in patients with Parkinson’ s disease (PD). James Parkinson recognized this in 1817, and his observations were borne out more than 150 years later by studies showing that more than 90% of patients with PD experience autonomic symptoms during the course of the disease. Orthostatic hypotension, constipation, and bladder difficulties must commonly be dealt with in the outpatient clinic, and occasionally patients are seen because of dysphagia, impotence, or bouts of vasomotor instability.
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Hiner, B.C. (2000). Autonomic Complications of Parkinson’s Disease. In: Adler, C.H., Ahlskog, J.E. (eds) Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-410-8_11
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