Neurologic aspects of neonatal hypoglycemia.
Profound neonatal hypoglycemia is one of the leading causes of brain injury. Hypoglycemic encephalopathy is caused by lack of glucose availability to brain cells. Although sharing a similar pathogenesis with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, hypoglycemic brain insult has distinctive metabolic, brain imaging, electroencephalographic and histopathologic findings.
Alkalay
Arie L
AL
Division of Neonatology , Department of Pediatrics, Ahmanson Pediatric Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 90048, USA. arie.alkalay@cshs.org
Sarnat
Harvey B
HB
Flores-Sarnat
Laura
L
Simmons
Charles F
CF
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn