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- Title
Glucagon response to arginine stimulation in obese and diabetic children.
- Authors
Meschi, Franco; Garlaschi, Cristina; Di Natale, Berardo; Del Guercio, Maria José; Gargantini, Luigi; Chiumello, Giuseppe; Meschi, F; Garlaschi, C; Di Natale, B; Del Guercio, M J; Gargantini, L; Chiumello, G
- Abstract
The effect of arginine infusion on blood sugar and plasma levels of growth hormone and glucagon has been studied in children with clinical diabetes mellitus and in obese children with normal carbohydrate tolerance. Basal levels of plasma GH are significantly lower in obese children than in diabetics and controls; in obese subjects the increment of GH is significantly lower than in diabetics and controls. Basal plasma glucagon levels are comparable in all three groups despite the high sugar levels in diabetic patients. After arginine infusion there is a significant rise in glucagon levels without significant differences between the three groups.
- Subjects
ARGININE; BLOOD sugar; GLUCAGON; TYPE 1 diabetes; OBESITY; HUMAN growth hormone
- Publication
Diabetes, 1977, Vol 26, Issue 6, p558
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/diab.26.6.558