Pathophysiology and Pharmacological Treatment of Insulin Resistance*
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An overview of pathophysiology and treatment of insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance has emerged out as a concept linking diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Clinically it is characterized by hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, central obesity, abnormal lipid profile and cardiovascular complications. Insulin resistance is often associated with presence of anti-insulin antibodies and absent or dysfunctional insulin receptors. At molecular level insulin resistance ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Reviews
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0163-769X,1945-7189
DOI: 10.1210/edrv.21.6.0413