@article{16202, keywords = {Adult, Aged, Autonomic Nervous System Diseases, Cardiovascular System, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged}, author = {Kyriakidis M K and Noutsis C G and Robinson-Kyriakidis C A and Venetsianos P J and Vyssoulis G P and Toutouzas P C and Parissis N G and Avgoustakis D G}, title = {Autonomic neuropathy in leprosy.}, abstract = {
The integrity of the autonomic control of the cardiovascular system was studied in 21 patients with lepromatous leprosy and in ten normal people using several simple tests based on cardiovascular reflexes. Impairment of both parasympathetic and sympathetic function was demonstrated in the lepromatous patients.
}, year = {1983}, journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association}, volume = {51}, pages = {331-5}, month = {1983 Sep}, issn = {0148-916X}, language = {eng}, }