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Studying Cat (Felis catus) Diabetes: Beware of the Acromegalic Imposter

Naturally occurring diabetes mellitus (DM) is common in domestic cats (Felis catus). It has been proposed as a model for human Type 2 DM given many shared features. Small case studies demonstrate feline DM also occurs as a result of insulin resistance due to a somatotrophinoma. The current study est...

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Autores principales: Niessen, Stijn J. M., Forcada, Yaiza, Mantis, Panagiotis, Lamb, Christopher R., Harrington, Norelene, Fowkes, Rob, Korbonits, Márta, Smith, Ken, Church, David B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127794