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. 1963 Jul;42(7):1112–1133. doi: 10.1172/JCI104797

ALCOHOL HYPOGLYCEMIA. I. CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM OF PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL ALCOHOL HYPOGLYCEMIA AND THE EXPERIMENTAL REPRODUCTION OF THE SYNDROME WITH PURE ETHANOL*

Norbert Freinkel 1,†, David L Singer 1, Ronald A Arky 1, Sheldon J Bleicher 1,‡, John B Anderson 1, Cynthia K Silbert 1
PMCID: PMC289380  PMID: 16695908

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