Endocrine and metabolic emergencies: hypoglycaemia
Hypoglycaemia is rare in healthy individuals owing to the numerous elegant hormonal and neuronal mechanisms that maintain glucose homeostasis. Glucose is an obligate metabolic fuel for cerebral tissue and therefore hypoglycaemia, if uncorrected, can have disastrous consequences including death. Clin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-04-01
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| Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2042018811401644 |