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ReviewClinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society2020

Sudor Anglicus: an epidemic targeting the autonomic nervous system.

William P Cheshire, Jay A van Gerpen, James J Sejvar

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Review in Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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William P CheshireDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 Mellish Rd., Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA. cheshire@mayo.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6364-5362
Jay A van GerpenDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 Mellish Rd., Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
James J SejvarNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Renaissance England witnessed a series of brief epidemics of a rapid and often fatal illness, the predominant feature of which was a disturbance of the autonomic nervous system. Profuse sweating was both an emblematic and ominous sign of this Sudor Anglicus. Its story is medically fascinating as well as historically noteworthy. Possible sites of pathological involvement include the hypothalamus, serotonergic neurons in the brainstem or spinal cord, autonomic ganglia, peripheral sympathetic nerves, neuroeffector junctions, or eccrine glands. Of candidate etiologic agents, a virus is most likely, given the seasonal variation, geographic clustering, and pattern of spread of the epidemics. Hantaviruses, enteroviruses, influenza, and others provide clinical comparisons, but a definitive match with known viruses has remained elusive.

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EpidemicsHyperhidrosisSweating SicknessAutonomic Nervous SystemEnglandHumansEpidemicsHistory of medicineHyperhidrosisHyperthermiaSweating

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