Glucose tolerance and insulin action in healthy centenarians

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 270, Issue 5 33-5, 1996, Pages

  Paolisso, Giuseppe ^a   Gambardella, Antonio ^a   Ammendola, Stefania ^a   D'Amore, Anna ^a   Balbi, Vtnicio ^a   Varricchio, Michele ^a   D'Onofrio, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

whole body glucose disposal

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029898677     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.270.5.e890     Document Type: Article

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