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Bilateral dislocation of the shoulders due to nocturnal hypoglycaemia.
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  1. J. C. Litchfield,
  2. V. Y. Subhedar,
  3. D. G. Beevers,
  4. H. T. Patel
  1. Accident and Emergency Department, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

    Abstract

    A young insulin-dependent diabetic awoke with apparently spontaneous bilateral anterior dislocation of his shoulders. The most likely explanation was nocturnal hypoglycaemia. Similar case reports describing this complication have not been discovered.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.64.752.450

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