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Generalized anhidrosis in a child following presumptive H1N1 influenza

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We report an 8-year-old girl who developed generalized anhidrosis following presumptive H1N1 infection. Pure autonomic dysfunction is an unusual complication following H1N1 infection and specially generalized anhidrosis without other autonomic dysfunction have not been reported before.

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  1. Pediatric Neurology Center/Desk S60, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Partha S. Ghosh & Sudeshna Mitra

  2. Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Robert D. Fealey

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Ghosh, P.S., Mitra, S. & Fealey, R.D. Generalized anhidrosis in a child following presumptive H1N1 influenza. Clin Auton Res 22, 109–112 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-011-0144-4

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