Glibenclamide-induced hypoglycemic coma in 51 older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 631-633

  Ben Ami, Haim ^a   Nagachandran, Pradeep ^a   Mendelson, Ayelet ^a   Edoute, Yeouda ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; LETTER; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032909059     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02586.x     Document Type: Letter

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