title: Neurologic aspects of neonatal hypoglycemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology , Department of Pediatrics, Ahmanson Pediatric Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 90048, USA. arie.alkalay@cshs.org
authors.forename: Arie L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Alkalay
authors.forename: Harvey B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Sarnat
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flores-Sarnat
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Simmons
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn