Bedtime uncooked cornstarch supplement prevents nocturnal hypoglycaemia in intensively treated type 1 diabetes subjects

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-236

  Axelsen, M ^a   Wesslau, C ^b   Lonnroth P ^b   Arvidsson Lenner, R ^b   Smith, U ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Diabetes mellitus; Dietary carbohydrates; Hypoglycaemia; Insulin; Insulin dependent (IDDM); Lente

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LIPID; PLACEBO; STARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INGESTION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COOKERY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN, LONG-ACTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STARCH; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033031953     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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