Summary
Disseminated intravascular coagulation complicating diabetic coma is described.
The case is unusual in that the process was confined to the cerebral vasculature.
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Shanahan, F., Mortimer, G. & Drury, M.I. Cerebral intravascular coagulation complicating diabetic ketoacidosis. I.J.M.S. 150, 156–157 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02938222
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