Diagnosis and management of diabetic autonomic neuropathy.
Autonomic neuropathy affects every system in the body including the eye, cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal and neurovascular systems. The diagnosis confers an attenuated life expectancy, but much can be done to alleviate symptoms and to address the underlying disorder.
Vinik
Aaron I
AI
Strelitz Diabetes Research Institutes, Departments of Internal Medicine and Anatomy/Neurobiology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va., USA.
Mehrabyan
Anahit
A
D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases; D013547:Sweating, Gustatory / Q000175:diagnosis