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Arterio-venous shunting has been demonstrated in the limbs of ten subjects with traumatic quadriplegia, as shown by increased venous oxygen concentration and a Doppler sonogram pattern indicative of continuous forward flow. This phenomenon is similar to that seen in the diabetic neuropathic foot, suggesting that autonomic dysfunction is a major factor in the development of foot ulceration in the quadriplegic and in the diabetic.
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Hoogen, F., Brawn, L., Sherriff, S. et al. Arteriovenous shunting in quadriplegia. Spinal Cord 24, 282–286 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1986.39
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