Atypical presentation of silent nocturnal hypoglycemia in an older person

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1577-1578

  Alagiakrishnan, Kannayiram ^a   Lechelt, Kathy ^a   McCracken, Peter ^a   Torrible, Susan ^a   Sclater, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE CALCULATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LETTER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035155247     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.4911263.x     Document Type: Letter

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