Hypoglycaemia with Wilms' Tumour.
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چکیده
Hypoglycaemia occurring in association with certain extrapancreatic tumours, mesodermal in type and mostly malignant, has become a well-established entity of organic hypoglycaemia. Conn and Seltzer (1955), in a review of spontaneous hypoglycaemia, added this group to the well-known causes of organic hypoglycaemia, namely, pancreatic, hepatic, anterior pituitary, adrenocortical and central nervous system lesions (Table).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 39 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1964