Is biochemical hypoglycemia necessary during an insulin tolerance test?
ABSTRACT Objective The insulin tolerance test (ITT) has been accepted as the gold standard test for assessing the integrity of the growth hormone (GH) – insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) axis and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The goal of the test is to achieve clinical and bioche...
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| Формат: | Статья |
| Язык: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2020-03-01
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| Серии: | Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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