Decreased Insulin Secretion in Type 2 Diabetes: A Problem of Cellular Mass or Function?

Authors :: Clark, Anne
Jones, Lucy C.
de Koning, Eelco
Hansen, Barbara C.
Matthews, David R.
Source :: Diabetes. February 2001, Vol. 50 Issue 2, S169
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Type 2 diabetes is characterized by diminished or inappropriate secretion of insulin, which could be a defect of either islet cell function or Β-cell mass. Quantitation of islet cell populations [...]

Subjects :: Diabetes -- Research
Pancreas -- Secretions
Insulin -- Measurement -- Research
Type 2 diabetes -- Physiological aspects -- Research
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