Acute hypoglycemia impairs executive cognitive function in adults with and without type 1 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3240-3246

  Graveling, Alex J ^a   Deary, Ian J ^b   Frier, Brian M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE;

EID: 84891863017     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0194     Document Type: Article

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