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hypoglycemia: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

cause and symptoms
- In childhood disease and disorder: Metabolic disturbances
place among metabolic diseases
- In nutritional disease: Diabetes mellitus and metabolic disorders
- In metabolic disease: Organic acidemias
regulatory action of autonomic system
- In human nervous system: The endocrine system

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Robert D. Utiger
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: MSD Manual - Consumer Version - Hypoglycemia.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 10, 2024
	Add new Web site: Medscape - Hypoglycemia.	Grace Young	Sep 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: Mount Sinai - Hypoglycemia.	Gloria Lotha	May 29, 2024
	Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is Hypoglycemia?	Gloria Lotha	Feb 19, 2024
	Add new Web site: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases - Low Blood Glucose (Hypoglycemia).	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 28, 2023
	Add new Web site: WebMD - Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar).	Gloria Lotha	Oct 13, 2023
	Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Hypoglycemia.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 18, 2023
	Add new Web site: Harvard Health - Hypoglycemia.	Emily Rodriguez	Jun 24, 2023
	Add new Web site: American Diabetes Association - Understanding and Managing Low Blood Glucose (Hypoglycemia).	Gloria Lotha	Mar 31, 2023
	Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar).	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 12, 2023
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Hypoglycemia.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 18, 2022
	Add new Web site: MSD Manual - Consumer Version - Hypoglycemia.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 31, 2022
	Add new Web site: Healthline - Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia).	Gloria Lotha	Sep 24, 2018
	Added information on blood glucose concentrations associated with hypoglycemia and on insulin-dependent and insulin-independent causes of hypoglycemia.	Kara Rogers	Dec 21, 2009
	Added new Web site: MedicineNet - Hypoglycemia.	Shiveta Singh	May 13, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	Kara Rogers	Jun 12, 2007
	Added new Web site: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Hypoglycemia.	Dutta Promeet	Oct 31, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998