Turner's syndrome and carbohydrate metabolism. I. Impaired insulin secretion after tolbutamide and glucagon stimulation tests: evidence of insulin deficiency.

doi:10.1097/00000441-197903000-00002

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Turner's syndrome and carbohydrate metabolism. I. Impaired insulin secretion after tolbutamide and glucagon stimulation tests: evidence of insulin deficiency.

The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Jan 2000

AvRuskin T W, Crigler J F, Soeldner J S

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Tolbutamide (25 mg/kg: maximum 1 mg) intravenously (IV) and glucagon (0.03 mg/kg; maximum 1 mg) intramuscularly (IM) were given sequentially to 12 untreated girls with XO-Turner's syndrome (ages 6.5 to 17.0 years) and to ten female siblings (ages 8.0 to 16.7 years) to evaluate blood sugar (BS), p...

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Adolescent
Antigens
Blood Glucose
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Child
Fatty Acids, Nonesterified
Female
Genotype
Glucagon
Growth Hormone
Humans
Insulin

Turner's syndrome and carbohydrate metabolism. I. Impaired insulin secretion after tolbutamide and glucagon stimulation tests: evidence of insulin deficiency.

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