Frequency of biochemical hypoglycaemia in adults with type 1 diabetes with and without impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia: No identifiable differences using continuous glucose monitoring

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 666-672

  Choudhary, P ^a   Geddes, J ^b   Freeman, J V ^c   Emery, C J ^a   Heller, S R ^a   Frier, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemical hypoglycaemia; Continuous glucose monitoring; Hypoglycaemia awareness; Severe hypoglycaemia; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952687348     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03006.x     Document Type: Article

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