A case of insulinoma with peripheral neuropathy.
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A 25-year-old woman with chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms, peripheral neuropathy and hypoglycaemia was found to have an islet cell adenoma in the pancreas. Her neuropsychiatric symptoms disappeared following its removal and she partially recovered from her peripheral neuropathy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 59 689 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1983