Adverse prognostic influence of diabetes mellitus and hyperglycemia on the clinical course of brain infarct: a review of its causes with special reference to the pathogenesis of hyperglycemia in the acute phase of stroke
In non-diabetic patients, the appearance of hyperglycemia in the acute phase of stroke is related to the extension of cellular injury, and hence to the physiologic stress response. In animal models of ischemic insult, the deleterious effects of hyperglycemia depend heavily on the production of lacti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
1992-06-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1992000200003&lng=en&tlng=en |