Nesidioblastosis-associatedhypoglycaemia presenting with prominent cardiac manifestations

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 846, 1996, Pages 231-232

  Galizia, Alfred Caruana ^a   Fava, Stephen ^a   Foale, Rodney ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoglycaemia; Nesidioblastosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; MALE; QT INTERVAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0029965109     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.846.231     Document Type: Article

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