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Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol
; 33(1): 224-6, 2011 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20370555
RESUMO
The response of arginin-vasopressin (AVP) to baroreceptor activation (tilt testing) was investigated in patients with diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DAN). The present data show that hypothension induced by upright position showed a slight increase of AVP in patients with DAN in comparison with normal subjects and diabetic patients without DAN. These findings suggest that the blunted AVP response to hypothension may be due to lesions of afferent autonomic pathways present in DAN and plays a role in the pathogenesis of postural hypothension.