Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 285-291 , December 2009

Hypoglycemia in the Emergency Department

  • Jami Josefson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine/Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Jami Josefson, MD, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine/Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, Box 54, Chicago, IL 60614.
    • ,
  • Donald Zimmerman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.10.008

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 285-291 , December 2009

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