PEDIATRICS Vol. 28 No. 6 December 1961, pp. 935-942
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EFFECT OF SODIUM GLUTAMATE ON LEUCINE-INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA: CLINICAL AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY

Manuel R. Gomez M.D.1, James E. Gotham M.D.1, and John S. Meyer M.D.1

1 Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, College of Medicine, and the Detroit Memorial Hospital, Detroit

The clinical and electroencephalographic signs of leucine-induced hypoglycemia in the infant can be alleviated with oral or intravenous administration of sodium glutamate. The improvement occurs in spite of low glucose levels in plasma after intravenous administration; this supports the view that glutamic acid is rapidly metabolized by the brain during hypoglycemia.