Human kidney and liver gluconeogenesis: Evidence for organ substrate selectivity

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 5 37-5, 1998, Pages

  Stumvoll, Michael ^a   Meyer, Christian ^b   Perriello, Gabriele ^b   Kreider, Maryl ^b   Welle, Stephen ^b   Gerich, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose production

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALANINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LIVER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031803715     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.5.e817     Document Type: Article

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