Post-gastric-bypass hypoglycemia successfully treated with alpha-glucosidase inhibitor therapy

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-514

  Frankhouser, Shavon Y ^a   Ahmad, Aakif N ^a   Perilli, Gretchen A ^a   Quintana, Benjamin J ^a   Vengrove, Marc A ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; C PEPTIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MIGLITOL;

ADULT; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ROUX EN Y STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH BYPASS;

EID: 84880101820     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP12281.RA     Document Type: Review

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