TY - JOUR KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Autonomic Nervous System Diseases KW - Cardiovascular System KW - Female KW - Heart Rate KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged AU - Kyriakidis M K AU - Noutsis C G AU - Robinson-Kyriakidis C A AU - Venetsianos P J AU - Vyssoulis G P AU - Toutouzas P C AU - Parissis N G AU - Avgoustakis D G AB -

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.

BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6685694?dopt=Abstract DA - 1983 Sep IS - 3 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -

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.

PY - 1983 SP - 331 EP - 5 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Autonomic neuropathy in leprosy. VL - 51 SN - 0148-916X ER -