Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in type 2 diabetes mellitus: role of autonomic imbalance

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1135-1140

  Chiodini, Iacopo ^a,c   Di Lembo, Sergio ^a   Morelli, Valentina ^a   Epaminonda, Paolo ^a   Coletti, Francesca ^a   Masserini, Benedetta ^a   Scillitani, Alfredo ^b   Arosio, Maura ^c   Adda, Guido ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DEXAMETHASONE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33745892917     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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