Evidence for specific autoimmunity against sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous tissues in type I diabetes mellitus and the relation to cardiac autonomic dysfunction

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 467-472

  Muhr Becker, D ^a,b   Ziegler, A G ^b,c   Druschky, A ^d   Wolfram, G ^a   Haslbeck, M ^b,c   Neundorfer B ^d   Standl, E ^b,c   Schnell, O ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR DIABETESFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti parasympathetic ganglia autoantibodies; Anti sympathetic ganglia autoantibodies; Autonomic neuropathy; Cardiac reflex tests; Type I diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031838753     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199806)15:6<467::AID-DIA621>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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