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Permanent brain damage following parasuicide with severe insulin-induced hypoglycaemia

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  1. First Department of Medicine, Lippe-Detmold Hospital, Röntgenstr. 18, 32756, Detmold, Germany

    Andreas Holstein

  2. Department of Radiology, Lippe-Detmold Hospital, Detmold, Germany

    Markus Zimmer

  3. Department of Neurology, Lippe-Detmold Hospital, Detmold, Germany

    Mathias Rohde

  4. The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Brian M. Frier

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Holstein, A., Zimmer, M., Rohde, M. et al. Permanent brain damage following parasuicide with severe insulin-induced hypoglycaemia. Acta Diabetol 55, 873–875 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-018-1148-5

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