title: [Autonomic neuropathy in diabetic patients. Part I. Pathogenesis and clinical problems].
abstract: Diabetic neuropathy is one of the most common and serious complications of diabetes both type 1 and type 2. Damage to autonomic nerves in the course of diabetes mellitus leads to diabetic autonomic neuropathy. There are three hypotheses explaining the pathogenetic mechanism of polyneuropathy: metabolic, vascular and immunological. Many diabetic patients have demonstrable abnormalities of autonomic function without any evidence of clinical disease.
authors.affiliation: Górnoślaskie Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka i Matki, Poradnia Diabetologiczna w Katowicach, Klinika Endokrynologii i Diabetologii Dzieci Sl. AM w Katowicach. em.buczkowski@pro.onet.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Otto-Buczkowska
authors.forename: Przemysława Jarosz
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Chobot
mesh_terms: D015551:Autoimmunity; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans