Insulin resistance: From bit player to centre stage

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 536-537

  Reaven, Gerald M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; SODIUM RETENTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79952854453     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.101430     Document Type: Note

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