Incidence and risk factors for serious hypoglycemia in older persons using insulin or sulfonylureas

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1681-1686

  Shorr, Ronald I ^a,b,c   Ray, Wayne A ^a   Daugherty, James R ^a   Griffin, Marie R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Methodist Hospitals of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOHEXAMIDE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TOLAZAMIDE; TOLBUTAMIDE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030852089     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.15.1681     Document Type: Article

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