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What autonomic symptoms do you encounter in patients with ALS?

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Neurology · University of Minnesota
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In my experience, autonomic symptoms are not typical in ALS and we do not routinely ask screening questions for dysautonomia. A recent study from Europe (see below) suggests that the only sign of autonomic dysfunction is mildly increased heart rate at rest (which may also be attributed to other fact...

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Neurology · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Autonomic symptoms during the early phases of ALS are uncommon and the literature is limited. Saying that I have a few patients with excessive sensitivity to temperature (mostly cold) that weren't present before disease onset (not sure what this is from). Also, I have a few patients on long-term ven...

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