Is there a role of pancreatic steatosis together with hypertrigliceridemia on the pathogenesis of diabetes in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 912-913

  Gulcan, Erim ^a   Gulcan, Aynur ^a   Ozbek, Orhan ^a  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEPARIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; PHENOFIBRATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIABETOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS STEATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; STEATOSIS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33846386716     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.09.047     Document Type: Letter

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