Mini-Mental State Examination is superior to plasma glucose concentrations in monitoring patients with suspected hypoglycaemic disorders during the 72-hour fast

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 605-610

  Wiesli, Peter ^a   Schwegler, Beat ^a   Schmid, Beat ^a   Spinas, Giatgen A ^a   Schmid, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-PEPTIDE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17744388584     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.01893     Document Type: Article

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