Is whole-body thermoregulatory function impaired in type 1 diabetes mellitus?

Current Diabetes Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-136

  Yardley, Jane E ^a   Stapleton, Jill M ^a   Carter, Michael R ^a   Sigal, Ronald J ^b   Kenny, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Dehydration; Heat stress; Skin blood flow; Sweating; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; METHACHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PILOCARPINE;

DEHYDRATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 84877841410     PISSN: 15733998     EISSN: 18756417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573399811309020004     Document Type: Review

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