PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E T Tan
AU  - R H Johnson
AU  - D G Lambie
AU  - E A Whiteside
TI  - Alcoholic vagal neuropathy: recovery following prolonged abstinence.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.47.12.1335
DP  - 1984 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 1335--1337
VI  - 47
IP  - 12
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/47/12/1335.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/47/12/1335.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1984 Dec 01; 47
AB  - Cardiac vagal reflexes were studied in 11 alcoholic subjects, 1 to 6 weeks after withdrawal and again after up to 27 months of continued abstinence. On initial investigation six subjects had vagal neuropathy. On the second occasion only two subjects had vagal neuropathy and significant improvement was seen in the total patient group with regard to heart rate responses to standing, Valsalva's manoeuvre and atropine infusion. Vagal neuropathy in alcoholics may be reversible with abstinence and/or improved nutrition.