Lower cortisol levels after oral glucose in subjects with insulin resistance and abdominal obesity

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 583-588

  Fernández Real, José Manuel ^a   Ricart, Wifredo ^a   Casamitjana, Roser ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IMPEDANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030680222     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.3351120.x     Document Type: Article

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