Cardiac autonomic dysfunction precedes the development of fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis [2]

Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 586-588

  Cozzolino, D ^a   Naclerio, C ^a   Iengo, R ^a   D'Angelo, S ^a   Cuomo, G ^a   Valentini, G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RATE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0036260503     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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