The role of incretin therapy at different stages of diabetes

Review of Diabetic Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-326

  Cernea, Simona ^a  

^a Clinical Emergency County Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

DPP 4; GIP; GLP 1; Glycemic control; Incretin; Insulin; Liraglutide; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ACARBOSE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; EXENDIN 4; GASTRIC INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; INCRETIN; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; LIPID; LIRAGLUTIDE; METFORMIN; NATEGLINIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; SAXAGLIPTIN; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; VALSARTAN; VILDAGLIPTIN;

BODY MASS; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCAGON RELEASE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEADACHE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLUCAGONEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFECTION; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK;

EID: 84856015123     PISSN: 16136071     EISSN: 16140575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1900/RDS.2011.8.311     Document Type: Review

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