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Hypoglycaemia is a pharmacological, dose-dependent (type A) ADR of blood glucose-lowering agents (particularly insulin and insulin secretagogues), and mild hypoglycaemia is associated with adrenergic and neurogenic symptoms (e.g. tremor, palpitations, sweating).
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Higher hypoglycaemia risk in Asians with defective genes?. Reactions Weekly 1753, 1 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40278-019-61893-1
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