Lessons to be learned: A case study approach insulinoma presenting as a change in personality

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-61

  Vig, Stella ^a   Lewis, Mark ^a   Foster, Kenneth J ^a   Stacey Clear, Adam ^a  

^a EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Diagnosis; Hypoglycaemia; Insulinoma; Localisation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; OCTREOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULINOMA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PANCREAS INJURY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034813463     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400112100112     Document Type: Article

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