Estimation of the cut-off value in cardiovascular autonomic nervous function tests: Not-age-related criteria or the age-related 5th percentile

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-150

  Straub, Rainer H ^a   Lang, B ^a   Palitzsch, K D ^a   Scholmerich J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0030956038     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1056-8727(95)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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