Effects of lithium deficiency in some insulin-sensitive tissues of diabetic Chinese hamsters

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 91-102

  Hu, Min ^a   Wu, Yang Song ^a   Wu, Han Wen ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese hamster; Diabetes; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Kidney; Lithium; Liver; Muscle

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIVER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030712858     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910670     Document Type: Article

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