Autoimmunity in diabetic autonomic neuropathy: Does the immune system get on your nerves?

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作者
Ejskjaer, NT [1 ]
Zanone, MM [1 ]
Peakman, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London Kings Coll, Sch Med & Dent, Dept Diabet, London SE5 9PJ, England
关键词
Type 1 diabetes mellitus; autonomic neuropathy; autonomic dysfunction; autoimmunity; autoantibodies;
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10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199809)15:9<723::AID-DIA674>3.0.CO;2-7
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
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. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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