Skin Wrinkling on Immersion of Hands: A Test of Sympathetic Function

Jackson Braham; Menachem Sadeh; Ida Sarova-Pinhas

doi:10.1001/archneur.1979.00500380083013

Skin Wrinkling on Immersion of Hands: A Test of Sympathetic Function

Jackson Braham^*, Menachem Sadeh, Ida Sarova-Pinhas

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Skin wrinkling of the fingers following immersion in warm water depends on intact sympathetic innervation. It is abolished by lesions affecting both central and peripheral sympathetic pathways. It affords a simple and reliable clinical test of sympathetic function.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-114
Number of pages	2
Journal	Archives of Neurology
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1979.00500380083013
State	Published - Feb 1979

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