Severe hypoglycaemia unawareness is associated with an early decrease in vigilance during hypoglycaemia

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-312

  Howorka, Kinga ^a   Heger, Georg ^a   Schabmann, Alfred ^a   Anderer, Peter ^a   Tribl, Gotthard ^a   Zeitlhofer, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Electroencephalography; Hypoglycaemia unawareness; Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Symptoms; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030131088     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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