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Brief communication

Prolonged hypoglycemia after a suicidal ingestion of repaglinide with unexpected slow plasma elimination

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Pages 158-160 | Received 09 Aug 2015, Accepted 16 Nov 2015, Published online: 22 Dec 2015

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