Effects of short-term continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion on fasting plasma fibroblast growth factor-21 levels in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.

BACKGROUND: To investigate the effects of short-term continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) on plasma fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF-21) levels in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (nT2DM). METHOD: Sixty-eight patients with nT2DM (nT2DM group), and 52 gender-, age- an...

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Main Authors: Mengliu Yang, Jing Dong, Hua Liu, Ling Li, Gangyi Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3202531?pdf=render