Insulin action and hepatic glucose cycling in Cushing's syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 735-743

  Heaney, A P ^a,b   Harper, R ^a   Ennis, C ^a   Rooney, D P ^a   Sheridan, B ^a   Atkinson, A B ^a   Bell, P M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030874222     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.2121024.x     Document Type: Article

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