HYPOGLYCEMIA
- 1 February 1938
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 39 (2) , 242-257
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1938.02270020032003
Abstract
Chameleon-like, the bizarre nervous symptoms due to hypoglycemia may go unrecognized for long periods unless the physician is "hypoglycemia conscious." In 1934 Rynearson and one of us (F. P. M.)1and others, such as Sevringhaus,2Carr,3Bowen and Beck,4Tedstrom,5Wolf and his associates6and Corff,7pointed out that practically all patients with hypoglycemia have neurologic symptoms of one type or another. The fact remains, however, as suggested by Allan,8that hypoglycemic states are not common, and when they first present themselves, they are readily misinterpreted because of the circumstances surrounding their development. With Sakel's9introduction of the insulin shock treatment for schizophrenia, an excellent opportunity was afforded for the study of the various neurologic and psychiatric manifestations occurring during the hypoglycemic state. Thus, it is now well recognized that there is no single syndrome that is pathognomonic of hypoglycemia; asKeywords
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- Spontanhypoglykämie als transitorisches SymptomDeutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1935