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  • Title: Autonomic failure with postprandial hypotension: case report.
    Author: Turnbull CJ, Palmer KT, Taylor BB.
    Journal: N Z Med J; 1981 Jul 08; 93(687):6-8. PubMed ID: 6943464.
    Abstract:
    A case of severe symptomatic postprandial hypotension associated with idiopathic autonomic neuropathy and endogenous hyperinsulinaemia is described. The possible mechanisms of the blood pressure changes are discussed. Attempts at treatment included dietary change; the use of vasodilators with salt and fludrocortisone; elastic stockings, antigravity suit; diazoxide and bromocriptine.
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