Quantifying the risk of hypoglycaemia in children undergoing the glucagon stimulation test

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-494

  Lim, Song Hai ^a,b   Vasanwala, Rashida ^a   Lek, Ngee ^a   Yap, Fabian ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Sabah Women and Children's Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE FLUCTUATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCAGON STIMULATION TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE;

EID: 80052550057     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04117.x     Document Type: Article

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