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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2019-03-01
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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 |