Diabetic ketoacidosis presenting as neurosurgical emergencies.
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Three cases of ketoacidosis in previously unsuspected diabetics are described. Each was admitted to hospital as a neurosurgical emergency. The recognition of this rare presentation is stressed since prompt treatment of the metabolic disturbance rapidly resolves the neurological abnormality.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 3 5922 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974