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pure autonomic failure
pure autonomic failurea degenerative, sporadic neurologic disorder of adult onset, manifested principally as orthostatic hypotension and syncope, with no neurologic defects other than autonomic nervous system dysfunction evident; probably caused by selective degeneration of neurons in the sympathetic ganglia, with denervation of smooth muscle vasculature and the adrenal glands. Synonym(s): Bradbury-Eggleston syndromepure autonomic failure Neurology A sporadic, idiopathic cause of persistent orthostatic hypotensio in and other manifestations of autonomic failure, unaccompanied by other neurologic featurespure au·to·nom·ic fail·ure (pyūr aw'tō-nom'ik fāl'yŭr) A degenerative, sporadic neurologic disorder of adult onset, manifested principally as orthostatic hypotension and syncope, with no neurologic defects other than autonomic nervous system dysfunction evident; probably caused by selective degeneration of neurons in the sympathetic ganglia, with denervation of smooth muscle vasculature and the suprarenal glands. Synonym(s): Bradbury-Eggleston syndrome. AcronymsSeePAF |