Resolution of Long-Standing Diabetes Mellitus Two Years After Surgery for Growth Hormone Producing Pituitary Tumor

Excess serum growth hormone (GH) induces insulin resistance leading to reduced uptake of glucose in peripheral tissues, gluconeogenesis in the liver and lipolysis and finally an increase in the blood glucose levels. We report a case where a 54-year-old woman presented with uncontrolled blood glucose...

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Autores principales: Sreeramaneni, Poorna Gopal Azad, Ghanta, Rajesh K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7055522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32184678
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S236972

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7055522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32184678
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S236972

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