Role of the liver in the control of carb
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C Postic; R Dentin; J Girard
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Article
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2004
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Masson Editeur
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French
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The liver plays a unique role in controlling carbohydrate metabolism by maintaining glucose concentrations in a normal range over both short and long periods of times. In type 2 diabetes, alterations in hepatic glucose metabolism are observed, i.e. increased postabsorptive glucose production and imp