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Hypoglycemic hemiplegia may lead to a mistaken diagnosis of stroke, although the symptoms
resolve with correction of the hypoglycemia. We report a 27-year-old white man with
insulin-dependent diabetes who developed right hemispheric infarcts and left hemiplegia
associated with hypoglycemic coma. This report discusses the possible role of hypoglycemia
in causing the stroke.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
October 28,
1997
Received:
May 9,
1997
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© 1998 National Stroke Association. Published by Elsevier Inc.
