Serum Levels of Incretin Hormones – GLP-1 and GIP in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Background: The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and the glucose- dependent Insulinotropic peptide (GIP) are natural incretin hormones, which are secreted respectively by the L- and K-cells of the intestinal mucosa in response to the physiological gastrointestinal glucose absorption. In patients with...

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Main Authors: Stanchev Pavel E., Orbetzova Maria M., Terzieva Dora D., Davcheva Delyana, Iliev Dimitar A., Petrov Sava V., Koleva Daniela I., Nonchev Boyan I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-03-01
Series:Folia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2018.61.issue-1/folmed-2018-0056/folmed-2018-0056.xml?format=INT