Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in patients with decompensated cirrhosis being evaluated for liver transplantation: the utility of oral glucose tolerance test

CONTEXT: Cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, and protein calorie malnutrition are important issues in cirrhotic patients because they can increase the progression of liver disease and worsen its prognosis. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of diabetes me...

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Autors principals: Ana Carolina Costa Bragança, Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2010-03-01
Col·lecció:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Accés en línia:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032010000100005