High blood pressure and decreased heart rate variability in the Cuban epidemic neuropathy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-72

  Gutierrez, J ^a   Santiesteban, R ^a   Garcia, H ^a   Voustianiouk, A ^c   Freeman, R ^b   Kaufmann, Horacio ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUBA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0036291932     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.1.71     Document Type: Article

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