Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 64, Issue 1 , Pages 51-58 , April 2004

Low heart rate variability is a risk factor for sudden cardiac death in type 2 diabetes

  • Masaaki Kataoka

      Affiliations

    • Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council Health Management and Promotion Center, 3-8-6, Sendamachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0052, Japan
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  • Chikako Ito

      Affiliations

    • Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council Health Management and Promotion Center, 3-8-6, Sendamachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0052, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-82-243-2451; fax: +81-82-504-4851.
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  • Hideo Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council Health Management and Promotion Center, 3-8-6, Sendamachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0052, Japan
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  • Kiminori Yamane

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Nobuoki Kohno

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Received 11 April 2003 ,Revised 5 September 2003 ,Accepted 8 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2003.10.009

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 64, Issue 1 , Pages 51-58 , April 2004

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