Rapid improvement of diffusion-weighted imaging abnormalities after glucose infusion in hypoglycaemic coma

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Maruya, J ^a   Endoh, H ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Motoyama, H ^a   Abe, H ^a  

^a Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

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EID: 84897789670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0514     Document Type: Article

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