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Spontaneous Hypoglycaemia and Diabetes Mellitus Associated with the Insulin Coma Therapy of Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Desmond McGrath*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Research, Crichton Royal, Dumfries

Extract

This paper is concerned with two schizophrenic patients showing unusual complications of Sakel's insulin coma therapy. The first had a series of attacks of spontaneous hypoglycaemia apparently uninfluenced by the temporary withholding of insulin; the other developed diabetes mellitus a short time after finishing his treatment.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1950 

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