Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages 254-258 , June 2006

Decrease Heart Rate Variability But Preserve Postural Blood Pressure Change in Type 2 Diabetes with Microalbuminuria

  • Harn-Shen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Tzu-En Wu

      Affiliations

    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Tjin-Shing Jap

      Affiliations

    • Section of Biochemistry, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Shen-Hung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Mei-Li Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ron-A Lu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ru-Lin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Hong-Da Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Hong-Da Lin, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 28 November 2005 ,Accepted 27 April 2006.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70252-7

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70252-7

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages 254-258 , June 2006

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