Intoxication with oral hypoglycemics as a cause of diffuse brain injury: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1036-1038

  Gasparetto, Emerson L ^a   Bianchet, Leila Caroline ^c   Davaus, Taisa ^a   Neto, Arnolfo De Carvalho ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Imagens Diagnóstico Avançado Por Imagem DAPI   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Hypoglycemia; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG INTOXICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 33846301733     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000600031     Document Type: Article

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