Hemiparesis and lateralized cortical lesions associated to severe hypoglycemia

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-103

  Batista, Marcus Sabry Azar ^a,d   Almeida, Kelson James Silva ^b   Avelino, Marcelo Cunha ^c   Borges, Luciana Marinho Viana ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b Getúlio Vargas Hospital

^c ProntoMed Hospital   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 42049101440     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000100027     Document Type: Article

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