PART 16: Endocrinology and Metabolism
SECTION 1 Endocrinology
345 Hypoglycemia
 | Figure 345-1 Physiology of glucose counterregulation—the mechanisms that normally prevent or rapidly correct hypoglycemia. In insulin-deficient diabetes, the key counterregulatory responses—suppression of insulin and increase of glucagon—are lost, and the stimulation of... |
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 | Figure 345-2 Hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure in insulin-deficient diabetes. |
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