Non-Hypoglycemia Is an Epidemic Condition
- 24 October 1974
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 291 (17) , 907-908
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197410242911713
Abstract
Over the past few years people have appeared in droves with the self-diagnosis of "hypoglycemia" — a term that has become a layman's final common pathway for a variety of conditions, only few of which are related to endocrinologic abnormalities. At UCLA we have seen literally dozens of patients referred for the work-up of a myriad of complaints that they attribute to this disorder.Although the initial description of non-disease was based on the experience of an endocrinology practice, no mention of non-hypoglycemia is made in the original article.1 Nor is the problem mentioned in the correspondence that hailed the . . .Keywords
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