Symptoms of Hypoglycaemia and Effects on Mental Performance and Emotions

Hypoglycaemia in Clinical Diabetes, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 25-48

  Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose concentration symptom report correlations; Hypoglycaemia symptoms; Interpreting hypoglycaemia symptoms correctly; Low blood glucose detection; Neuroglycopenic symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889480912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470516270.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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