Cardiac autonomic involvement and peripheral nerve function in patients with diabetic neuropathy

Functional Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 115-122

  Spitzer, Alfred ^b   Lang, Eberhard ^a   Birklein, Frank ^a   Claus, Detlef ^a   Neundörfer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic neuropathy; Diabetic neuropathy; Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SURAL NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030751951     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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