Is there a glycemic threshold for impaired autonomic control?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 826-830

  Watkins, Lana L ^a,c   Surwit, Richard S ^a   Grossman, Paul ^a   Sherwood, Andrew ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hebrew Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0342321946     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.23.6.826     Document Type: Article

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