Early detection of orthostatic hypotension by quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test (QSART) in type 2 diabetic patients

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 560-564

  Itoh, Hiroshi ^a   Uebori, Seiji ^a   Asai, Mahito ^a   Kashiwaya, Tagui ^a   Atoh, Keita ^a   Makino, Isao ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic neuropathy; Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDING; SWEAT TEST; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SWEATING;

EID: 0042743816     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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