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Drug-induced hypoglycaemia--new insight into an old problem.
Ching CK, Lai CK, Poon WT, et al. Hong Kong Med J. 2006;12:334-338.

The investigators retrospectively analyzed incidents of suspected drug-induced hypoglycemia in patients without a history of exposure to hypoglycemic agents. Of the cases in which such drugs were detected, most were attributed to inadvertent administration errors outside the hospital.

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