Hypoglycemic encephalopathy: A case series and literature review on outcome determination

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2172-2181

  Witsch, Jens ^a   Neugebauer, Hermann ^a   Flechsenhar, Julia ^a   Jüttler, Eric ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Hypoglycemia; Hypoglycemic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN DISEASE; COMA; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STUPOR; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867332218     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6480-z     Document Type: Review

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