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Lewis, MJ ;Ferguson, SC ;Campbell, IW ;Nawroz, IM
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Hyperglycaemic coma without ketoacidosis in the diabetic patient was presumptively first recorded by Dreschfield in 1886^1^ but it was not until 1957 that the concept of hyperosmolar nonβketotic coma as a distinct clinical syndrome was appreciated^2,3^. Hyperosmolar nonβketotic coma (HO