Recurrent hemiplegia due to hypoglycaemia
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- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 58 (682) , 501-502
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.58.682.501
Abstract
Summary: A case of recurrent hemiplegia resulting from hypoglycaemia associated with a large thoracic fibrosarcoma, and the satisfactory response to removal of the tumour, is described. The possible causes of the hypoglycaemia are discussed.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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