Plasma Metanephrine Levels Are Decreased in Type 1 Diabetic Patients with a Severely Impaired Epinephrine Response to Hypoglycemia, Indicating Reduced Adrenomedullary Stores of Epinephrine

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2057-2061

  De Galan, Bastiaan E ^a   Tack, Cees J ^a   Willemsen, Jacques J ^a   Sweep, C G J ^a   Smits, Paul ^a   Lenders, Jacques W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALIN RELEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPINEPHRINE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; METANEPHRINE;

EID: 2442480393     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031289     Document Type: Article

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