The symptoms of autonomic dysfunction in HIV-positive Africans

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Compostella, Caterina ^a   Compostella, Leonida ^b,c   D'Elia, Ruggiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Day Hospital for HIV/AIDS   (Mozambique)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africans; Autonomic nervous system; Autonomic reflexes; HIV; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL;

EID: 43149099714     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-007-0451-y     Document Type: Article

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