Visual Seizure: A Reversible Complication of Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemia
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Hyperglycemic hemianopia: a reversible complication of non-ketotic hyperglycemia.
Four patients each developed a reversible homonymous hemianopia caused by non-ketotic hyperglycemia. In two patients the homonymous hemianopia was the first manifestation of diabetes mellitus type 2. All four patients had abnormal MRI scans; in the three patients who had late follow-up scans the abnormalities resolved completely. In one patient the progressive visual field defect and unusual MR...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2093-596X,2093-5978
DOI: 10.3803/enm.2012.27.2.155