Distal hypoglycemic neuropathy. An insulinoma-associated case, misdiagnosed as temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Striano, S ^a   Striano, P ^a   Manganelli, F ^a   Boccella, P ^a   Bruno, R ^a   Santoro, L ^a   Percopo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distal neuropathy; Hpoglycemia; Insulinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; MALE; NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0346887221     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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