Causes, management and morbidity of acute hypoglycaemia in adults requiring hospital admission

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 505-510

  Hart, S P ^a   Frier, B M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVULSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF POISONING;

EID: 0031840523     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.7.505     Document Type: Article

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