Absence of sexual dimorphism in the symptomatic responses to hypoglycemia in adults with and without type 1 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1667-1669

  Geddes, Jacqueline ^a   Warren, Roderick E ^a   Sommerfield, Andrew J ^a   McAulay, Vincent ^a   Strachan, Mark W J ^a   Allen, Kate V ^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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33746422640     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc05-2069     Document Type: Article

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