Reassessing the role of QT(c) in the diagnosis of autonomic failure among patients with diabetes: A meta-analysis

Diabetes Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-247

  Whitsel, Eric A ^a,c   Boyko, Edward J ^a   Siscovick, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Puget Sound   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QT INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033625668     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.23.2.241     Document Type: Article

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