Dramatic improvement of blood glucose control after pioglitazone treatment in poorly controlled over-weight diabetic patients with myotonic dystrophy

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 911-913

  Abe, Hiroko ^a   Mita, Tomoya ^a   Kudo, Kyoko ^a   Funayama, Takashi ^a   Tokoro, Masako ^a   Kaga, Hideyoshi ^a   Ikeda, Fuki ^a   Kanazawa, Akio ^a   Hirose, Takahisa ^a   Kawamori, Ryuzo ^a   Watada, Hirotaka ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Thiazolidinediones

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OVERWEIGHT; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES;

EID: 70350635644     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K09E-122     Document Type: Article

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