Artifactual hypoglycemia in a patient with alcoholic hepatitis and hyperleukocytosis

Presse Medicale

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1018-1019

  Ossendza, Roch Anicet ^a   Bréchot, Jean François ^a   Fimbel, Béatrice ^a   Bacq, Yannick ^a  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTIFACT; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ASCITIC FLUID; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CAUSALITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 67349130780     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2008.10.022     Document Type: Letter

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