Serum glucose, insulin, C-peptide and plasma glucagon response to oral glucose after intravenous injection of different glucocorticoids at increasing doses in man

Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-23

  Bruno, A ^a   Fornengo, P ^a   Gruden, G ^a   Cavallo Perin, P ^a   Cassader, M ^a   Milani, S ^b   Poggi, G ^c   Pagano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Gruppo Lepetit SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deflazacort; Glucocorticoids; Healthy subjects; Hydrocortisone; Insulin resistance; Methylprednisolone; OGTT

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; DEFLAZACORT; GLUCAGON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030916766     PISSN: 03943402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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