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. 2007 Feb;4(2):e99.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040099.

Awakening from sleep and hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes mellitus

Ilan Gabriely  1 , Harry Shamoon
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Awakening from sleep and hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes mellitus

Ilan Gabriely et al. PLoS Med. 2007 Feb.

Abstract

The authors discuss a new study showing that patients with type 1 DM are susceptible to nocturnal hypoglycemia and that there is a relationship between awakening and activation of the counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia.

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