Deliberate sulphonylurea poisoning mimicking hyperinsulinaemia of infancy
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Deliberate sulphonylurea poisoning mimicking hyperinsulinaemia of infancy.
A 6 month old child presenting with seizures was found to be hypoglycaemic secondary to hyperinsulinism. A family history of type II diabetes prompted estimation of sulphonylurea in the baby's blood, which was found to be high. A multidisciplinary case conference concluded that the sulphonylurea ingestion was likely to be the result of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. When investigating hypoglycae...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/adc.82.5.392