Long-Term Effects of Hypoglycaemia on Cognitive Function and the Brain in Diabetes

Hypoglycaemia in Clinical Diabetes, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 285-307

  Perros, Petros ^a   Deary, Ian J ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain imaging studies in severe hypoglycaemia; CNS structural and functional changes; Cognitive impairment and hypoglycaemia; Diabetes effects on brain; Hypoglycaemia functional effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350016723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470516270.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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