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Hypercholesterolaemia type II: Changes in plasma insulin and glucagon levels after portacaval shunt
Author(s) -
Farriaux J. P.,
Luyckx A. S.,
Ribet M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/bf01801719
Subject(s) - portacaval shunt , medicine , glucagon , endocrinology , insulin , hormone , shunt (medical) , chemistry , portal hypertension , cirrhosis
Insulinaemia and glucagonaemia were measured in two cases of hypercholesterolaemia type II, before and after portacaval shunt. The results show an increase of both hormones although these variations are not concomitant with the decrease in cholesterolaemia. The data still do not explain the mechanism of the decrease.