Brainstem dysfunction in Chiari malformation presenting as profound hypoglycemia: Presentation of four cases, review of the literature, and conjecture as to mechanism

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 386-391

  Rekate, Harold L ^a   Nadkarni, Trimurti D ^a   Teaford, Patricia A ^a   Wallace, Donna ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Chiari malformation; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Vagus nerve; Vagus nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE;

EID: 0032817384     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199908000-00040     Document Type: Article

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