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Autonomic nervous system

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Geriatrics

Part of the book series: Guidelines in Medicine ((GUIM,volume 1))

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Abstract

Disorder of autonomic function is often concerned in the causation of two common clinical conditions in old age — postural hypotension and hypothermia. It may also be a factor in the development of heat illness, disturbances of oesophageal and gastrointestinal motility and in some cases of urinary retention and incontinence (see Chapter 11).

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  1. University College Hospital Medical School, London, UK

    A. N. Exton-Smith MD, FRCP (Barlow Professor of Geriatric Medicine)

  2. University College Hospital, London, UK

    P. W. Overstall MB, MRCP (Consultant in Geriatric Medicine)

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Exton-Smith, A.N., Overstall, P.W. (1979). Autonomic nervous system. In: Geriatrics. Guidelines in Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7191-5_5

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