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Diagnosis and Clinical Implications of Diabetes in Liver Cirrhosis: A Focus on the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

The liver and skeletal muscles are responsible for maintaining glucose metabolism. As chronic liver disease progresses to cirrhosis, the loss of liver function is exacerbated and leads to the deterioration of skeletal muscle. Consequently, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and insulin resistance are...

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Autor principal: Nishida, Tsutomu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Endocrine Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5686620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264539
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2017-00183

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