Acute hypoglycemia impairs nonverbal intelligence: Importance of avoiding ceiling effects in cognitive function testing

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1447-1448

  Warren, Roderick E ^a   Allen, Kate V ^a   Sommerfield, Andrew J ^a   Deary, Ian J ^b   Frier, Brian M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITION; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTELLIGENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 2542452318     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.6.1447     Document Type: Article

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