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. 1976 May;39(5):465–470. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.39.5.465

Muscle wasting after prolonged hypoglycaemic coma: case report with electrophysiological data.

M J Harrison
PMCID: PMC492309  PMID: 180260

Abstract

A case of distal muscle wasting associated with hypoglycaemia is described. Motor and sensory conduction studies are reported that provide little evidence of a hypoglycaemic peripheral neuropathy. Damage to anterior horn cells or motor roots appears to be a more likely explanation for the amyotrophy. Recovery occurred clinically with evidence of reinnervation by axonal collateral sprouting.

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