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Some Observations on the Types of Blood-Sugar Curve found in Different Forms of Insanity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

K. K. Drury
Affiliation:
County Mental Hospital, Stafford
C. Farran-Ridge
Affiliation:
County Mental Hospital, Stafford

Extract

The object of our investigations has been to find out if carbohydrate metabolism is disordered in the different forms of insanity.

To this end we have determined the sugar tolerance of 100 insane patients by observing the variations in the blood-sugar content after the ingestion of a known amount of glucose.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1925 

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