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Whipple's triad
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Whipple's triad
the three criteria on which hyperinsulinism due to pancreatic islet-cell disease (most commonly insulinoma) is diagnosed: (1) neuromuscular signs with fasting or exercise, (2) low blood glucose levels associated with clinical signs, and (3) reversal of clinical signs with the administration of glucose.
Whipple's triad
Endocrinology A triad of features of an insulin-producing tumor: hypoglycemia < 50 mg/dL, CNS and/or vasomotor Sx, relief of Sx by administration of glucose. See Insulinoma.
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Whenever a physician is confronted with the possibility of hypoglycemia, the following conditions must be satisfied for diagnosis, which are collectively known as the Whipple triad (3) symptoms compatible with hypoglycemia, low serum glucose concentration at the time of hypoglycemic symptoms, and the alleviation of symptoms by administration of glucose.
Hypoglycemia--an enigmatic dilemma by Gill, Ranjodh / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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