Postprandial hypotension treated with acarbose in a patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 405-407

  Maule, Simona ^a,b   Tredici, Mirko ^a   Dematteis, Antonio ^a   Matteoda, Cristina ^c   Chiandussi, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Ospedale San Vito   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Martini Nuovo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acarbose; Autonomic neuropathy; Diabetic neuropathy; Postprandial hypotension

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; FLUDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MIDODRINE; THIAMAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACARBOSE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDODRINE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 13244277703     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-004-0220-0     Document Type: Article

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