Insulin sensitivity assessment with euglycemic insulin clamp in adult β-thalassaemia major patients

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 526-530

  Tsapas, Apostolos ^a,c   Vlachaki, Efthymia ^b   Christoforidis, Athanasios ^b   Sarigianni, Maria ^a   Bekiari, Eleni ^a   Perifanis, Vassilis ^b   Tsapas, Vassilis ^a   Paletas, Konstantinos ^a   Athanassiou Metaxa, Miranda ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Diabetes; Euglycemic insulin clamp; Insulin resistance; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; INSULIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IRON; LIVER; MALE;

EID: 36249023232     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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