Cardiac autonomic dysfunction is associated with hypothalamic damage in patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngioma.

<h4>Background</h4>Autonomic nervous system dysfunction is implicated in the development of hypothalamic obesity. We investigated the relationship between hypothalamic involvement (HI), central obesity, and cardiac autonomic dysfunction by assessing heart rate variability (HRV) indices i...

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Main Authors: Hae Woon Jung, Hwa Young Kim, Ji Young Kim, Jung-Eun Cheon, In-One Kim, Seung-Ki Kim, Choong Ho Shin, Sei Won Yang, Young Ah Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246789