Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia precipitated by weight loss

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 726-728

  Prelipcean, Maria S ^a   O'Neil, Patrick J ^a   Bell, David S H ^a  

^a Faculty Office Tower ^*

Author keywords

Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia; Insulinoma; Outpatient diagnosis of insulinoma; Postprandial hypoglycemia; Voluntary weight loss

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULINOMA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; FASTING; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 23044447022     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000168136.16876.ea     Document Type: Article

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