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HYPOGLYCAEMIA |
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in a diabetic on treatment: |
excess exercise decreased food intake overdose of insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents |
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in a non-diabetic: |
insulinoma retroperitoneal sarcoma glycogen storage diseases excess alcohol intake liver failure hypopituitarism or Addison's disease any large / fast-growing tumour |
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paediatric causes: |
glycogen storage diseases ketotic hypoglycaemia galactosemia hereditary fructose intolerance tyrosinosis maple syrup urine disease nesidioblastosis [hypertrophy of pancreatic b -cells] |
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