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Serum glucagon counterregulatory hormonal response to hypoglycemia is blunted in congenital hyperinsulinism.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2005
Hussain Khalid, Bryan Joseph, Christesen Henrick T, Brusgaard Klaus, Aguilar-Bryan Lydia
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms involved in the release of glucagon in response to hypoglycemia are unclear. Proposed mechanisms include the activation of the autonomic nervous system via glucose-sensing neurons in the central nervous system, via the regulation of glucagon secretion by intra-islet insulin and zinc concentrations, or via direct ionic control, all mechanisms that involve high-affinity sulfonylurea receptor/inwardly...
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