Absence of parasympathetic denervation of the iris in alcoholics.
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 42 (11) , 1018-1019
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.42.11.1018
Abstract
Patients [40] with a history of alcohol abuse were treated with a 2% solution of methacholine to determine the prevalence of iridic parasympathetic denervation. Of the alcoholics 8% showed iris constriction of 1.0 mm or more, compared with 8% control subjects. Damage to the iridic parasympathetic nerve supply occurs in .apprx. 80% of patients with diabetes mellitus as determined by the same pharmacological technique.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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