title: Autoimmunity in diabetic autonomic neuropathy: does the immune system get on your nerves?
abstract: Symptomatic autonomic neuropathy is a devastating occasional complication of diabetes mellitus, especially Type 1. Although the full-blown clinical syndrome is not common, dysfunction of the autonomic nerves is detectable in up to 40% of Type 1 diabetic patients but its aetiopathogenesis is poorly understood. There is evidence to suggest that the damage to the autonomic nerves may be immune-mediated. This evidence is reviewed in the following article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetes, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Ejskjaer
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zanone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peakman
mesh_terms: D015551:Autoimmunity; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000276:immunology