PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | malaria |
| Phenotype | C0020598|hypoglycaemia |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 25475887 | malaria is associated with hypoglycaemia both in itself and indirectly due to the fact that intravenous quinine can cause hyperinsulinaemia. |
| PubMedID- 23482397 | Planche et al (8) has postulated that hypoglycaemia in children with severe falciparum malaria is due to a combination of impaired hepatic gluconeogenesis and/or increased peripheral utilization of glucose as a result of increased anaerobic glycolysis. |
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