Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and other connective tissue disorders may have abnormalities of sympathetic postganglionic function. Some of these patients may have autoantibodies to ganglionic acetylcholine receptors. Autoimmune thyroiditis, as with chronic thyroiditis and Hashimoto thyroiditis, can be associated with some features of Sjögren syndrome such as xerostomia. Patients with systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disorder may have abnormalities of autonomic functioning of esophageal motor activity.
"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
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Regional sympathectomy leads to qualitative alterations in localized bone modeling and remodeling
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