Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system as a possible explanation of non-dipping phenomenon in insulin-resistant obese subjects [1]

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 723-

  Perciaccante, Antonio ^a   Fiorentini, Alessandra ^a   Tubani, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHILD; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 33846821749     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328013f12e     Document Type: Letter

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