| Abstract: | Magnetic resonance imaging studies in two cases of neonatalhypoglycaemia showed cortical and white matter cerebral damage that wasmost obvious in the occipital lobes. Both cases showed oedema in theparieto-occipital cortex and underlying white matter in the acutephase, with profound atrophy of these regions in the chronic phase.
These findings support those of pathological studies which suggestthat hypoglycaemia induces cerebral damage by a mechanism separate fromthe effects of cerebral hypoxia-ischaemia caused by secondary seizures.
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