Involvement of nitric oxide in arginine, but not glucose, induced insulin secretion in normal men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-119

  Coiro, V ^a,d   Volpi, R ^a   Capretti, L ^b   Speroni, G ^b   Caffarri, G ^c   Chiodera, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Codogno   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Guastalla   (Italy)

^d Ist Clin Medica Gen Terap Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031015526     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.d01-1745.x     Document Type: Article

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