Qt dispersion in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus;Qt dispersione nei diabetici insulino-dipendenti

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 675-678

  Galetta, Fabio ^a,b   Franzoni, Ferdinando ^a   Prattichizzo, Fernando ^a   Tintori, Giancarlo ^a   Cinotti, Francesco ^a   Taccola, Daniele ^a   Giusti, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic neuropathy; Diabetes mellitus; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033055036     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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