Death in Hypoglycaemia
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The risk of death from hypoglycaemia in diabetes
In 1989, a forensic biochemist giving evidence at an inquest in the UK claimed that he was aware of a number of deaths of young people with diabetes that were related to human insulin. The case generated considerable press interest and led the British Diabetic Association to commission a survey of all such deaths in the UK. The resulting publication identified a number of patients with a simila...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1948
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.4574.497-d