title: Autonomic neuropathy in Black diabetic patients.
abstract: Seventy adult diabetic patients were assessed for the occurrence of autonomic neuropathy by means of simple clinical tests. Objective evidence of autonomic dysfunction was present in 72%, pure sympathetic dysfunction in 28%, pure parasympathetic dysfunction in 10% and impotence in 57% of patients. Approximately 10% of patients had nocturnal diarrhoea and gustatory sweating.
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System; D044383:Black People; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System; D013019:South Africa; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System