Effect of Euglycemic Insulin Infusion on
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Giulio Marchesini; Gabriele Forlani; Marco Zoli; Cristina Dondi; Glampaolo Blanc
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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To test the hypothesis that hyperinsulinism is responsible for reduced branched-chain amino acids in cirrhotics, plasma amino acids were sequentially determined in 8 controls and 8 matched cirrhotics during continuous i.v. insulin infusion. An artificial endocrine pancreas which infused glucose was