Diagnosing impaired glucose tolerance using direct infusion mass spectrometry of blood plasma.

The goal of this study was to evaluate the capacity for mass spectrometry of blood plasma to diagnose impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). For this study, blood plasma samples from control subjects (n = 30) and patients with IGT (n = 20) were treated with methanol and low molecular weight fraction were...

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Main Authors: Petr G Lokhov, Oxana P Trifonova, Dmitry L Maslov, Elena E Balashova, Alexander I Archakov, Ekaterina A Shestakova, Marina V Shestakova, Ivan I Dedov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4159123?pdf=render