Transient focal neurological deficits in patients with hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia: Report of four cases

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-54

  Amayo, E O ^a   Kayima, J K ^a   Amayo, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MONITORING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031826940     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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